Joseph B. Thompson
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOklahoma
In office March 3, 1913 – September 18, 1919
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	John W. Harreld
Constituency	at-large (Seat B) (1913–1915) 5th district (1915–1919)
Member of theOklahoma Senate
In office 1912–1913
Preceded by	Jessee Hatchett
Succeeded by	J. T. McIntosh
In office 1910–1912
Preceded by	H. S. Blair
Succeeded by	J. T. McIntosh
Constituency	19th district (1910-1912) 20th district (1912-1913)
Personal details
Born	Joseph Bryan Thompson (1871-04-29)April 29, 1871 Sherman, Texas
Died	September 18, 1919(1919-09-18) (aged 48) Martinsburg, West Virginia
Party	Democratic Party
Spouse	Mary Miller Thompson
Children	James Miller Thompson Joseph B. Thompson, Jr.
Alma mater	Savoy College

Joseph Bryan Thompson (April 29, 1871 – September 18, 1919) was an American politician and aU.S. representative fromOklahoma.

Born nearSherman, Texas, Thompson attended thepublic schools, and was graduated from Savoy College inFannin County, Texas, in 1890. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1892 and commenced practice inPurcell,Indian Territory. He moved toArdmore, Indian Territory. Thompson married Mary Miller, and they raised two sons, James Miller Thompson and Joseph B. Thompson Jr.^[1]

Appointed commissioner for the United States court in 1893, Thompson returned to Purcell, Indian Territory. He resigned in 1897 and moved toPauls Valley and resumed thepractice of law. He served as delegate to theDemocratic National Conventions in 1900, 1904, and 1908, and as member of the Democratic Territorial committee from 1896 to 1904. He was chairman of the Democratic State committee in 1906 and 1908, and served in the State senate from 1910 to 1914.^[2]

Thompson was elected as aDemocrat to the63rd Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1913, until his death.^[3]

On September 18, 1919, Thompson died of heart failure induced by Bright's disease while on a train nearMartinsburg, West Virginia en route to his home at Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. He isinterred at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma.^[4]

• List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1900–1949)

• United States Congress."Joseph B. Thompson (id: T000210)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Joseph B. Thompson atFind a Grave
• Oklahoma Historical Society
• Joseph B. Thompson, late a representative from Oklahoma, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1921

• 1871 births
• 1919 deaths
• People from Sherman, Texas
• People from Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
• Oklahoma lawyers
• Democratic Party Oklahoma state senators
• 20th-century members of the Oklahoma Legislature
• Democratic Party United States representatives from Oklahoma
• People from Ardmore, Oklahoma
• 19th-century American lawyers
• 20th-century United States representatives

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