# Wiley Thompson

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{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = Wiley Thompson
| birth_place   = [Amelia County](/source/Amelia_County%2C_Virginia), [Virginia](/source/Virginia), United States
| birth_date    = September 23, 1781
| death_date    = December 28, 1835 (aged 54)
| death_place   = [Fort King](/source/Fort_King), [Florida](/source/Florida), United States
| office        = Superintendent of Seminole Removal
| office2       = Member of the [Georgia State Senate](/source/Georgia_State_Senate)
| office1       = Member of the [United States House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from Georgia
| party         = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
| resting_place = [Elberton](/source/Elberton%2C_Georgia), [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._State)), United States
| term_start    = July 8, 1834
| term_end      = December 28, 1835
| term_start1   = March 4, 1821
| term_end1     = March 3, 1833
| term_start2   = 1817
| term_end2     = 1819
| service_years = 1812-1824
| branch        = [Georgia Militia](/source/Georgia_National_Guard)
| allegiance    = {{flagcountry|United States|1822}}
| rank          = [Major General](/source/Major_General)
| battles       = {{tree list}}
* [War of 1812](/source/War_of_1812)
** [Red Stick War](/source/Red_Stick_War)
* [Second Seminole War](/source/Second_Seminole_War) {{KIA}}
{{tree list/end}}
| spouse        = Elizabeth Thompson
}}

'''Wiley Thompson''' (September 23, 1781 – December 28, 1835) was a [United States representative](/source/United_States_representative) from [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state)).

Born in [Amelia County, Virginia](/source/Amelia_County%2C_Virginia), Thompson moved to [Elberton, Georgia](/source/Elberton%2C_Georgia), and served as a commissioner of the Elbert County Academy in 1808. He served in the [Georgia Senate](/source/Georgia_Senate) from 1817 to 1819 and was appointed [Major General](/source/Major_General) of the Fourth Division of the [Georgia Militia](/source/Georgia_Militia)<ref>Smith, p. 346</ref> in November 1817, a position in which he served until his resignation in November 1824.

Thompson was elected as a [Democratic-Republican](/source/Democratic-Republican_Party) to the [17th United States Congress](/source/17th_United_States_Congress) and reelected as a [Crawford Republican](/source/Crawford_Republican) to the [18th Congress](/source/18th_United_States_Congress). Thompson was then elected as a [Jacksonian](/source/Jacksonian_Democrats) to the [19th](/source/19th_United_States_Congress) and three successive Congresses ([20th](/source/20th_United_States_Congress), [21st](/source/21st_United_States_Congress) and [22nd](/source/22nd_United_States_Congress)). His congressional tenure spanned from March 4, 1821, through March 3, 1833.<ref>Smith, p. 346</ref>

After his congressional service, Thompson served as a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1833. He became an [Indian agent](/source/Indian_agent)<ref>Smith, p. 346</ref> to the [Seminole](/source/Seminole)s and was appointed in 1834 to superintend the removal of the Seminoles from [Florida](/source/Florida). This episode of his life was artistically described by [Thomas Mayne Reid](/source/Thomas_Mayne_Reid) in the 1858 novel ''Osceola''. Thompson was subsequently killed by a band of Seminoles led by [Osceola](/source/Osceola) at [Fort King](/source/Fort_King), Florida, on December 28, 1835, and was buried on his estate in Elberton.<ref>Smith, pp. 346-347</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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* Smith, Gordon Burns, ''History of the Georgia Militia, 1783-1861, Volume One, Campaigns and Generals'', Milledgeville: Boyd Publishing, 2000. ASIN:B003L1PRKI.

==External links==
* [http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/elbert/grave-of-general-wiley-thompson Grave of General Wiley Thompson] historical marker

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{{US House succession box
| state = Georgia
| district = AL
| before= [William Terrell](/source/William_Terrell)
| after= Representatives elected by district
| years= March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1827 
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{{US House succession box
| state = Georgia
| district = 3
| before= Representatives elected At-Large
| after= Representatives elected At-Large
| years= March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829 
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{{US House succession box
| state = Georgia
| district = AL
| before= Representatives elected by district
| after= [Roger Lawson Gamble](/source/Roger_Lawson_Gamble)
| years= March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833 
}}
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Category:People from Amelia County, Virginia
Category:People from Elberton, Georgia
Category:Georgia (U.S. state) state senators
Category:United States Indian agents
Category:Democratic-Republican Party United States representatives from Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:Jacksonian United States representatives from Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:Deaths by firearm in Florida
Category:Assassinated American politicians
Category:Politicians assassinated in the 1830s
Category:United States representatives who owned slaves
Category:19th-century United States representatives
Category:19th-century members of the Georgia General Assembly

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