Charles Winston Thompson

Charles Winston Thompson
Charles Winston Thompson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 5th district
In office
March 4, 1901 – March 20, 1904
Preceded by Willis Brewer
Succeeded by James Thomas Heflin
Personal details
Born December 30, 1860(1860-12-30)
Tuskegee, Alabama
Died March 20, 1904(1904-03-20) (aged 43)
Washington, D.C.
Nationality American
Spouse(s) Estelle Alley
Religion Methodist

Charles Winston Thompson (December 30, 1860 – March 20, 1904) was an American banker and politician. He served as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Alabama's 5th district from 1901 till his death.

Biography

Thompson was born on December 30, 1860 near Tuskegee, Alabama to William P. and Mary W. (Jordon) Thompson.[1][2] His father was a confederate soldier who went on to become mayor of Tuskegee and sheriff of Macon County.[1] He was educated in public schools and graduated from Tuskegee's Park High School in 1878.[2] From there Thompson attended Bryant & Stratton Business College.[3] Thompson married Estelle Alley on April 20, 1880. The couple had two children, Ernest W. and Charles Winston Jr., before her death on March 19, 1894.[1][3] From 1886 till 1890, Thompson served as Superintendent of education for Macon County.[1]

Upon completion of his education, Thompson went to work at his father's mercantile business.[2] He remained there until his father's death in 1891 when he sold the business. Thompson used the proceeds of the sale to open the Bank of Tuskegee, to which he was elected President.[1] In 1894 Thompson helped create the Farmer's and Alliance Warehouse Company.[2] Two years later, Governor Joseph F. Johnston appointed Thompson to his staff as a lieutenant colonel.[3] He also became a Trustee to both Notasulga's Methodist District High School and the Girl's Industrial School of Alabama.[2]

In 1898, Thompson ran unopposed for the Alabama Senate.[3] There he represent the 26th district for two years during which time he helped secure a US$100,000 appropriation for the Girl's Industrial School, the largest such appropriation ever made by Alabama at the time.[2]

Thompson was elected to represent Alabama's 5th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1900. At the time he took his seat there was no free delivery of mail to rural addresses within his district. To address this situation he secured ten new rural mail routes for his state.[2] While serving his first term, Thompson met a number of representatives from northern states and learned his personal prejudices against them where unfounded. To help build better understanding between northern and southern representatives, and to better inform his colleges on race issues in the south, Thompson organized a tour of the south at his personal expense. Participants in the tour included Treasury Secretary L. M. Shaw and U.S. Representatives Samuel S. Barney, Archibald B. Darragh, Charles W. Gillet, Charles E. Littlefield, Samuel W. McCall, Thaddeus Maclay Mahon, Ernest W. Roberts, and Charles Addison Russell.[4]

Thompson took ill and died from pneumonia during the afternoon of March 20, 1904 in Washington D.C.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Owen, Thomas McAdory; Owen, Marie Bankhead (1921). History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography. Volume 4. Chicago: The S. J. Clarke publishing company. pp. 1664. OCLC 67228229. http://books.google.com/books?id=R2Z5AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1664. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Writers' Press Association (June 1902). "Charles Winston Thompson". The Successful American 5 (2): 373–5. http://books.google.com/books?id=HHEeAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA373. 
  3. ^ a b c d Alabama Department of Archives and History (1903). Alabama official and statistical register. Montgomery, Alabama: Brown Printing Co.. pp. 27. OCLC 1478891. http://books.google.com/books?id=zzZFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA27. 
  4. ^ "To Study Race Problem". New York Times: pp. 13. May 18, 1902. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70C11FE3A591B728DDDA10994DD405B828CF1D3. 
  5. ^ "Death of C.W. Thompson". New York Times: pp. 9. March 21, 1904. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20714F83B5913738DDDA80A94DB405B848CF1D3. 

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