Lizzie P. Thompson

Lizzie Price Thompson

Louisiana State Representative from Webster Parish
In office 1951–1952
Preceded by	C.W. Thompson
Succeeded by	E.D. Gleason
Personal details
Born	(1894-01-09)January 9, 1894
Died	July 20, 1973(1973-07-20) (aged 79)
Resting place	Doyline Cemetery
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	C.W. Thompson
Residence	Doyline, Webster Parish, Louisiana

Lizzie Price Thompson (January 9, 1894–July 20, 1973)^[1] completed the term of her husband, C.W. Thompson, in the Louisiana House of Representatives, having served as the Webster Parish lawmaker from 1951–1952. Thompson died in the seventh year of his legislative service, and Governor Earl K. Long appointed Mrs. Thompson to finish the term. There was insufficient time remaining to require a special election to choose a temporary legislator. The Thompsons were from the village of Doyline, Louisiana, in south Webster Parish.

Mrs. Thompson did not run for a full term in the 1952 Democratic primary. E.D. Gleason of the Evergreen Community near Shongaloo in central Webster Parish was elected to the seat. He remained representative until he too died in office in 1959. At that point Governor Long in the last year of his own gubernatorial term named Gleason's widow, Mary Smith Gleason, to finish the term.^[2]

The Thompsons are interred at Doyline Cemetery.^[1]

Political offices
Preceded by Clyde W. Thompson	State Representative from Webster Parish Lizzie Price Thompson 1951–1952	Succeeded by Ernest Dewey Gleason

Webster Parish, Louisiana, Representatives

John Sidney Killen (1871 holdover from Claiborne Parish)
Frederick North (1872–1873)
Clarence Pratt (1873–1874)
W. W. Carloss (1874–1878)
J. J. Carter (1878–1880)
Irvin Talton (1880–1884)
G. L. P. Wren (1884–1892)
Nicholas J. Sandlin (1892–1893)
J. T. Hill (1894–1896)
McIntyre H. Sandlin (1896–1900)
W. W. Hicks (1900–1904)
E. L. Stewart (1904–1908)
Robert Roberts, Jr. (1908–1914)
W. Burch Lee (1914–1916)
James Peter Kent (1916–1920)
J. Frank Colbert (1920–1925)
Jeremiah S. Bacon (1926–1932)
Eddie N. Payne (1932–1936)
Drayton R. Boucher (1936–1940)
James E. Bolin (1940–1944)
C.W. Thompson (1944–1951)
Lizzie P. Thompson (1951–1952)
E. D. Gleason (1952–1959)
Mary Smith Gleason (1959–1960)
Parey Branton (1960–1972)
R. Harmon Drew, Sr. (1972–1978)
Bruce M. Bolin (1978–1990)
Eugene Eason (1991–1992) (R)
Everett Doerge (1992–1998)
Jean Doerge (1998–2012)
Gene Reynolds (2012– )

References

1 2 "Index to Doyline Cemetery". Usgwarchives.org. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
↑ "Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012" (PDF). Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved June 5, 2009.

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