Philip R. Thompson

{{Short description|American politician (1766–1837)}} {{For|other people with the same name|Philip Thompson (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}}

{{Infobox officeholder |name = Philip R. Thompson |state1 = [[Virginia]] |district1 = {{ushr|VA|18|18th}} |term_start1 = March 4, 1801 |term_end1 = March 3, 1807 |predecessor1 = [[John Nicholas (congressman)|John Nicholas]] |image = Philip Rootes Thompson, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile LCCN2007675911.tif |caption = Philip Rootes Thompson, head-and-shoulders portrait

|successor1 = [[Peterson Goodwyn]] |office2 = Member of the [[Virginia House of Delegates]] from [[Culpeper County, Virginia|Culpeper County]] |term_start2 = 1793 |term_end2 = 1796 |birth_date = {{birth date|1766|3|26}} |birth_place = [[Fredericksburg, Virginia|Fredericksburg]], [[Colony of Virginia|Virginia Colony]], [[British America]] |death_date = {{death date and age |1837|7|27|1766|3|26}} |death_place = [[Kanawha County, West Virginia|Kanawha County]], [[Virginia]], U.S. |party = [[Democratic-Republican Party]] |education = [[College of William & Mary]] |occupation = [[Lawyer|attorney]], [[farmer]], [[judge]] }}

'''Philip Rootes Thompson''' (March 26, 1766{{spnd}}July 27, 1837) was an 18th-century and 19th-century politician and lawyer from [[Virginia]].

Born near [[Fredericksburg, Virginia|Fredericksburg]] in the [[Colony of Virginia]], Thompson was educated by private teachers as a child. He graduated from the [[College of William and Mary]], studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in [[Fairfax, Virginia]]. He was a member of the [[Virginia House of Delegates]] from 1793 to 1797 and was elected a [[Democratic-Republican Party (United States)|Democratic-Republican]] to the [[United States House of Representatives]] in 1800, serving from 1801 to 1807. Afterwards, Thompson continued to practice law until his death on July 27, 1837, in [[Kanawha County, West Virginia|Kanawha County, Virginia]] (now [[West Virginia]]) and was interred in [[St. Albans, West Virginia|Coals Mouth, Virginia]] (now [[St. Albans, West Virginia]]).

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{{s-start}} {{s-par|us-hs}} {{US House succession box | state=Virginia | district=18 | before=[[John Nicholas (congressman)|John Nicholas]] | after= [[Peterson Goodwyn]] | years=March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 (obsolete district) }} {{US House succession box | state=Virginia | district=9 | before=[[William Branch Giles|William B. Giles]] | after= [[John Love (congressman)|John Love]] | years=March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807 }} {{s-end}}

{{VirginiaRepresentatives09}} {{United States representatives from Virginia 17–23 and at-large}}

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