Joseph B. Thompson

Joseph Bryan Thompson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma
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 the Oklahoma 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	(1871-04-29)April 29, 1871 Sherman, Texas
Died	September 18, 1919(1919-09-18) (aged 48) Martinsburg, West Virginia
Political 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 a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.

Born near Sherman, Texas, Thompson attended the public schools, and was graduated from Savoy College in Fannin County, Texas, in 1890. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1892 and commenced practice in Purcell, Indian Territory. He moved to Ardmore, 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 to Pauls Valley and resumed the practice of law. He served as delegate to the Democratic 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 a Democrat to the 63rd 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 near Martinsburg, West Virginia en route to his home at Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. He is interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma.^[4]

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

• United States Congress. "Joseph B. Thompson (id: T000210)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Joseph B. Thompson at Find 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