Clark W. Thompson Papers

Collection

Identifier: GTM-660601

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Scope and Contents

The collection contains files relating to a wide variety of issues arising from the governance and maintenance of the Panama Canal; chiefly dating from Thompson's service as a member of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and as Chairnian of the Panama Canal tolls sub-committee. It includes correspondence, articles, reports, resolutions, bills, biographical sketches, pamphlets, and other printed materials.

Dates

Creation: 1906 - 1966
Creation: Majority of material found within 1937 - 1966

Creator

Thompson, Clark Wallace, 1896-1981 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers are solely responsible for determining the copyright status of the materials being used, establishing who the copyright owner is, locating the copyright owner, and obtaining permission for intended use.

Biographical Note

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Clark Wallace Thompson was a Representative from Texas, born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, August 6, 1896. He moved to Oregon in 1901 with his parents, who settled in Cascade Locks. He attended the common schools and the University of Oregon at Eugene. He served in the United States Marine Corps, First World War, 1917-1918; United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1918-1940 and 1942-1946; United States Marine Corps, Second World War, 1940-1942.

He went into the insurance business; was business owner; was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Clay Stone Briggs (June 24, 1933-January 3, 1935). He was not a candidate for renomination to the Seventy-fourth Congress in 1934. Thompason resumed activities as a public relations counsel and as a delegate to the Texas State Democratic convention, 1936. He served as a public relations counsel and was elected to the Eightieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Joseph J. Mansfield, and reelected to the nine succeeding Congresses and served until his resignation on December 30, 1966 (August 23, 1947-December 30, 1966). He was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninetieth Congress in 1966.

Thompson died on December 16, 1981, in Galveston, Texas; he is buried in Galveston Memorial Park Cemetery.

[Source: Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000198, accessed 2/24/2015]