Clark W. Thompson (Minnesota politician)

Clark W. Thompson (1825–1885) was a Canadian who served in the Minnesota State Senate, and the territorial House and Council for Minnesota Territory.[1]

For other uses, see Clark W. Thompson.

Clark Thompson
Member of the Minnesota Senate
from the 20th district
In office
1871–1872
Minnesota Territorial Council
In office
1856–1857
Minnesota Territorial House
In office
1855–1856
Personal details
Born1825
Canada
Died1885 (aged 59–60)
Wells, Minnesota
NationalityCanadian
ResidenceHokah, Minnesota
OccupationFarmer, miller, legislator

Personal life

Thompson was born at the Falls of the Twenty in Lincoln County, Canada on July 23, 1825 [6[2]].[1] He married Rebecca Sophia Wells in the city of New York on 14 November 1865.[3] He moved to Hokah, Minnesota in 1853 and worked as a miller before beginning his career in government.[1] After finishing government service in 1872, he retired to Wells, Minnesota where he owned a farm.[1] He died there in 1885.[1]

Minnesota State Senate

Thompson was elected to the Minnesota State Senate on November 8, 1870; however, the Senate seat was initially given to George Whallon.[1] Whallon served in the Senate until January 1, 1871 at which point it was given to Thompson.[4] Thompson served in the position as senator for the remainder of the term until January 1, 1872.[1] He served in district 20 where he represented Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson, Martin, Murray, Pipestone, and Rock counties.[1]

Other government service

Thompson participated in the Territorial Republican Constitutional Convention from July 13, 1857 to August 29, 1857.[1] He also served as Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the U.S. Executive Branch (Lincoln and Johnson Administrations) in the Northern Superintendency from 1861–1865. In this capacity, he was supervisor of Ojibwe, Dakota, and Winnebago agencies in Minnesota as well as the LaPointe Ojibwe agency in Wisconsin. The U.S.-Dakota War and the subsequent removals of Minnesota's Dakota and Winnebago occurred during his term of office.[1] [5]

Legacy

Thompson is the namesake of Clark Township, Faribault County, Minnesota[6] and Fort Thompson, South Dakota.[7]

References
  1. "Thompson, Clark W. "C.W."". Legislators Past and Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
  2. family bible
  3. "U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930," database online with images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 February 2020)
  4. "Whallon, George W. "G.W."". Legislators Past and Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
  5. For letters and papers regarding Thompson's work as Superintendent of the Northern Superintendency of the Office of Indian Affairs, see his papers at Minnesota Historical Society and assorted papers of the Office of Indian Affairs, especially the Northern Superintendency, the Chippewas of the Mississippi, the Lake Superior Chippewa, the Winnebago Agency, and the Dakota Agency as well as Letters Received and Letters Sent by the Washington Office of Indian Affairs under Wm. P. Dole.
  6. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 184.
  7. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1–3. University of South Dakota. p. 38.
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