John Thomson (Ohio politician)

John Thomson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 17th district
In office March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	Andrew W. Loomis
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 12th district
In office March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833
Preceded by	John Sloane
Succeeded by	Robert Mitchell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 6th district
In office March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
Preceded by	Duncan McArthur
Succeeded by	William Creighton, Jr.
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Columbiana County
In office 1816–1817
Preceded by	Thomas Rigdon Robert Stevenson
Succeeded by	Lewis Kinney Joseph Richardson Jacob Roller
Member of the Ohio Senate from Columbiana County
In office 1817–1821
Preceded by	John G. Young
Succeeded by	Gideon Hughes
Member of the Ohio Senate from Columbiana, Stark and Wayne counties
In office 1814–1816
Preceded by	Lewis Kinney Joseph Richardson
Succeeded by	District eliminated
Personal details
Born	November 20, 1780 Ireland
Died	December 2, 1852 (aged 72) New Lisbon, Ohio
Resting place	Lisbon Cemetery
Political party	Jacksonian

John Thomson (November 20, 1780 – December 2, 1852) was a United States Representative from Ohio.

Born in Ireland, Thomson immigrated with his parents to the United States in 1787. He completed preparatory studies. He studied medicine, and in 1806, he moved to New Lisbon, Ohio, and practiced. He served in the Ohio Senate in 1814, 1815, and 1817–1820 and in the Ohio House of Representatives in 1816.

Thomson was elected to the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1826 to the Twentieth Congress.

Thomson was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1837). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1836. He resumed the practice of medicine. He died in New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Columbiana County, Ohio, December 2, 1852. He was interred in New Lisbon Cemetery.

Sources

• John Thomson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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