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Thomas L. Thompson
Thompsonc. 1887
14thSecretary of State of California
In office January 10, 1883 – January 8, 1887
Governor	George Stoneman
Preceded by	Daniel M. Burns
Succeeded by	William C. Hendricks
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromCalifornia's1st district
In office March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889
Preceded by	Barclay Henley
Succeeded by	John J. De Haven
United States Minister to Brazil
In office September 9, 1893 – July 17, 1897
President	Grover Cleveland
Preceded by	Edwin H. Conger
Succeeded by	Edwin H. Conger
Personal details
Born	Thomas Larkin Thompson (1838-05-31)May 31, 1838 Charleston,Virginia (nowWest Virginia)
Died	February 1, 1898(1898-02-01) (aged 59) Santa Rosa, California
Resting place	Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery
Party	Democratic
Parent	Robert A. Thompson (father)

Thomas Larkin Thompson (May 31, 1838 – February 1, 1898) was an American newspaperman and politician who served one term as aU.S. Representative fromCalifornia from 1887 to 1889. He was the son ofRobert Augustine Thompson.

Born inCharleston, Virginia (now West Virginia), Thompson attended the common schools andBuffalo Academy, Virginia (now West Virginia). He moved to California in 1855 and settled in Sonoma County. He established thePetaluma Journal (now theArgus-Courier) the same year. He purchased theSonoma Democrat in 1860, and was the editor of that paper.

He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1880 and 1892, and was secretary of state of California from 1883 to 1887. He declined to be a candidate for renomination.

Thompson was elected as aDemocrat to the50th United States Congress (March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889). He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1888 to the51st Congress.

He was appointed on April 4, 1891, commissioner from California to the World's Fair at Chicago. He was minister toBrazil from April 24, 1893, to May 27, 1897.

He died inSanta Rosa, California, February 1, 1898, and was interred in theSanta Rosa Rural Cemetery.

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