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Vernon W. Thomson

American politician (1905–1988)

Summary

American politician (1905–1988)

Field	Value
name	Vernon Thomson
image	Vernon Wallace Thomson (3x4a).jpg
caption	Thompson circa 1965
state	Wisconsin
district
term_start	January 3, 1961
term_end	December 31, 1974
predecessor	Gardner R. Withrow
successor	Alvin Baldus
order2	34th
office2	Governor of Wisconsin
lieutenant2	Warren P. Knowles
term_start2	January 7, 1957
term_end2	January 5, 1959
predecessor2	Walter J. Kohler Jr.
successor2	Gaylord Nelson
office3	32nd Attorney General of Wisconsin
term_start3	January 1, 1951
term_end3	January 7, 1957
governor3	Walter J. Kohler, Jr.
preceded3	Thomas E. Fairchild
succeeded3	Stewart G. Honeck
office4	56th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
term_start4	January 2, 1939
term_end4	January 1, 1945
birth_date
birth_place	Richland Center, Wisconsin, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Washington, D.C., U.S.
party	Republican
predecessor4	Paul Alfonsi
successor4	Donald C. McDowell
term_start5	January 1, 1945
term_end5	January 1, 1951
predecessor5	Mark Catlin Jr.
successor5	Arthur O. Mockrud
district6	Richland
predecessor6	Harley A. Martin
state_assembly6	Wisconsin
term_start6	January 7, 1935
term_end6	January 1, 1951
office5	Majority Leader of the Wisconsin State Assembly
successor6	Milford C. Kintz

| honorific-suffix = Vernon Wallace Thomson (November 5, 1905 – April 2, 1988) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 34th governor of Wisconsin from 1957 to 1959.

Early life and education

Vernon Thomson was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin. He attended what is now Carroll University, in 1925, but graduated from what is now the University of Wisconsin–Madison, in 1927, where he was a member of Chi Phi fraternity. In 1932, he received his law degree and practiced law.

Career

Thompson as a Speaker of the State Assembly, circa 1940

Thomson became involved in the Republican Party. He was mayor of Richland Center from 1944 to 1951 and a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1935 to 1951, and served as Speaker of the Assembly from 1939 to 1945. He served as Attorney General of Wisconsin from 1951 to 1957. In 1956, he was elected governor of Wisconsin, defeating William Proxmire; he was defeated for reelection as governor in 1958 by Gaylord Nelson.

In 1960, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives representing Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district. He served in the 87th and was reelected to the six succeeding congresses. Thomson voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He was defeated for reelection in 1974, losing to Alvin Baldus. He resigned before the official end of his term, overall serving from January 3, 1961 till December 31, 1974. Thomson was a member of the Federal Election Commission.

Thomson died in Washington, D.C., and was buried in Richland Center, Wisconsin.

Notes

References

"H.R. 7152. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION (H. RES. 789) PROVIDING FOR HOUSE APPROVAL OF THE BILL AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE.".
link. (2016-03-03 . Wisconsinhistory.org. Retrieved on 2016-01-22.)

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