David E. Thompson

{{Short description|American diplomat (1854–1942)}} {{More citations needed|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|image=File:David_E._Thompson.jpg|birth_date=February 28, 1854|death_date=August 25, 1942|office=[[List of United States Ambassadors to Mexico|U.S. Ambassador to Mexico]]|term_start=1906|term_end=1909|office1=U.S. Ambassador to Brazil|term1=1905|office2=U.S. Minister to Brazil|term_start2=1902|term_end2=1905}} '''David Eugene Thompson''' (February 28, 1854 – August 25, 1942)<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/60931337/ ''The Lincoln Star'', August 27, 1942]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=yWN6AAAAMAAJ&q=David+Eugene+Thompson+february+1854+1942 ''The United States in Latin America: a historical dictionary'']</ref> was an American diplomat.

Thompson was born in 1854 in [[Nebraska]]. He was a diplomat, and served as U.S. Minister to Brazil between 1902 and 1905, U.S. Ambassador to Brazil in 1905, and [[List of United States Ambassadors to Mexico|U.S. Ambassador to Mexico]] between 1906 and 1909.

In 1917, Thompson was the subject of an attempted blackmail scheme, which was foiled.<ref>"Richards Seeking Pardon", ''The Nebraska State Journal'' (September 23, 1917), p. 1.</ref>

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