Charles M. Thomson

Charles M. Thomson
Charles M. Thomson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Illinois's 10th district
	In office; March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
Preceded by	George Edmund Foss
Succeeded by	George Edmund Foss
Personal details
Born	February 13, 1877; Chicago, Illinois
Died	December 30, 1943 (aged 66); Chicago, Illinois
Political party	Progressive

Charles Marsh Thomson (February 13, 1877 – December 30, 1943) was a lawyer, judge and U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Biography

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Thomson attended public schools and the Chicago Manual Training School. He graduated from Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1899 and from Northwestern University School of Law, Evanston, Illinois, in 1902. He was admitted to the bar association that year and began practicing law in Chicago.

Thomson was elected a member of the Chicago City Council in 1908, 1910, and 1912.

He was elected as a Progressive to the 63rd Congress, where he served from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1915. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the 64th Congress in 1914.

Thomson was elected judge of the circuit court of Cook County in 1915, and reelected in 1921. He was appointed justice of the Illinois Appellate Court in 1917, and reappointed in 1921. He served in this capacity until June 1927, then resumed his law practice in Chicago.

He was a trustee of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad from 1933 to 1939, when he was appointed trustee of the Chicago & North Western Railway. He served as trustee until his death on December 30, 1943. Thomson was interred in Chicago's Rosehill Cemetery.

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References

Charles M. Thomson at Find a Grave

United States Congress. "Charles M. Thomson (id: T000228)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by George E. Foss	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 10th congressional district 1913–1915	Succeeded by George E. Foss

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