Ton (American lawyer born)

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

an American lawyer; born in Culpeper co., Va., June 9, 1809; removed to Indiana, and was admitted to the bar there in 1834. The same year he was elected to the legislature, serving two terms; was a presidential elector on the Harrison and Tyler ticket; and in 1841 was elected to Congress. In 1843 he began to practise law in Terre Haute, was reëlected to Congress in 1847; and during the Civil War had charge of a recruiting post near Terre Haute and was provost marshal of the district. In 1877 he became Secretary of the Navy, but retired in 1881 to become chairman of the American Committee of the Panama Canal Company. His publications include: "The Papacy and the Civil Power"; "The History of the Protective Tariff"; "Footprints of the Jesuits"; "Recollections of Sixteen Presidents, From Washington to Lincoln," etc. He died in Terre Haute, Ind., Feb. 9, 1900. THOMPSON, ROBERT ELLIS, an American educator; born near Lurgan, Ireland, April 5, 1844; was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1865 and ordained to the Presbyterian ministry in 1874. He was Professor of Latin and Mathematics in the University of Pennsylvania in 1868-1871, of Social Science there in 1871-1881, and of History and English in 1881-1892. He lectured on protective tariff at Harvard University in 1885, at Yale in 1886-1887, and on theology at the Princeton Theological Seminary in 1891. He was editor of the "Pennsylvania Monthly" in 1870-1881, and of the "American Weekly' in 1881- 1892; was on the staff of the "Sunday- School Times," and in 1894 was chosen president of the Central High School of Ph Philadelphia. His publications publications include "Social Science and National onal Economy"; "Protection to Home Industry"; "History of the Presbyterian Churches of America"; "De Civitate Dei," etc. THOMPSON, SLASON, an American journalist and playwright, born in Frederickton, N. B., 1849, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1870. He entered journalism by becoming a member of the staff of the San Francisco Call, in 1876, then, two years later, came to New York and joined the New York Tribune. He was one of the founders of the Chicago Herald in 1881, and has held editorial positions with the Chicago Record and a number of other large dailies. He is the author of a biography of Eugene Field (1902), and has written some plays, among which are "M'liss" (1878) and "Sharps and Flats" (1900). THOMPSON, VANCE, an American author; born in Cincinnati, O., April 17, 1863; was graduated at Princeton University in 1883; studied at the University of Jena, Germany, and was a dramatic critic in New York City in 1890-1897. He wrote "Berwyn Kennedy"; "The City of Torches"; "A Flash of Honor"; "Writers of Young France"; "Killing the Mandarin"; "The Carnival of Destiny"; "The Night Watchman" (1914); "Ego Book"; "Eat and Grown Thin" (1914); "Drink and Be Sober" (1911); "Woman" man" (1917). THOMPSON, WILL L., an American song-writer; born in Beaver co., Pa., Nov. 7, 1847; was educated at the Boston Musical School and the Boston Conservatory of Music in 1870-1875 and later studied in Germany, where he was graduated at the Leipsic Conservatory of Music. His works include "Thompson's Class and - Concert"; "Thompson's Popular Anthems"; about 100 popular songs, such as "Gathering Shells on the Sea Shore"; "Drifting with the Tide"; "Come Where the Lilies Bloom"; and contributions to almost every hymnal and gospel song collection published in the United States. His "Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling" has had a world-wide publication. He died Sept. 20, 1909. THOMPSON, WILLIAM BOYCE, an American banker; born in Virginia City, Mont., 1869, and finished his education at the School of Mines of Columbia University. He has been a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York since its organization. He was a delegate to the Republican Convention in 1916; and was head of the American Red Cross Mission to Russia for four months during 1917, his reports of Russian conditions at that time attracting general public interest. THOMPSON, WILLIAM HALE, mayor of Chicago, III.; born in Boston, Mass., 1869. early infancy taken to Chicago by his parents, where he received a common school education. For five years he worked on various cattle ranches in Colorado, Wyoming and Montana, and was then manager of a cattle ranch in Nebraska for three years. He then took up the management of his father's real estate interests and, later, of his own. In 1900 he was elected alderman from the Second Ward. In 1915 he was elected Mayor of the city for a term of four years, and again in 1919. Since 1916 he has been a member of the Republican National Committee. THOMPSON, WILLIAM HEP- WORTH, an English classical scholar; born in York, England, March 27, 1810; studied at Trinity College, Cambridge; became Regius Professor of Greek in 1853; and in 1866 succeeded Whewell as master of his college. He projected a great edition of Plato, but accomplished only the "Phædrus" and "Gorgias." He died Oct. 1, 1886. THOMPSON, WILLIAM OXLEY, an American educator; born in Cambridge, O., Nov. 5, 1855; was graduated at Muskingum College in 1878, and at the Western Theological Seminary in Allegheny City, Pa., in 1882. He was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry in the latter year; held pastorates in Odebolt, Ia., in 1882-1885; and in Longmont, Col., in 1885-1891; was president of Miami University in Oxford, O., in 1891-1899; and chosen president on July 13, 1899, was of the Ohio State University. THOMPSON, WILLIAM HOWARD, United States Senator; born in Crawfordsville, Ind., 1871. As a small child he went to Kansas with his parents. In 1886 he graduated from the Seneca Normal School, then for two years studied law under his father, being admitted to the bar of Kansas in 1894. In 1906 he was elected judge of the 32d Judicial District. In 1913 he was elected to the United States Senate for the term 1913- 1919. In 1916 he was a delegate-at-large to the Democratic National Convention and was there a member of the platform committee. THOMPSON, WORDSWORTH, an American artist; born in Baltimore, Md., May 26, 1840; began the study of art in Paris in 1861, and in the following year became a pupil of Charles Gleyre. In 1868 he came to the United States; settled in New York City, and in 1873 sent to the National Academy a picture entitled "Desolation," which secured his election as academician in 1875. In 1878 he became a member of the Society of American Artists, sending sending to the first exhibition a picture entitled "The Road to the Sawmill." He was a constant exhibitor at the National Academy. His pictures are chiefly Oriental and American historical scenes. He died in Summit, N. J., Aug. 28, 1896.