{"id":148,"date":"2018-07-10T18:34:23","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T23:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=148"},"modified":"2026-05-22T08:35:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:35:57","slug":"r-thompson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/r-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-149\" src=\"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rthompson.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rthompson.png 291w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rthompson-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Robert Thompson (Lowndes County)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>State House:\u00a0<\/strong>1874-1875<\/p>\n<p><strong>Born:<\/strong> c. 1830<\/p>\n<p>Farmer. Served on the committee on military affairs. Listed on the 1870 census in Lowndes County and the 1880 census in Noxubee County with wife Eliza and children.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4666\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4666\" style=\"width: 503px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4666\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/thompson.png\" alt=\"Signature of Robert Thompson\" width=\"503\" height=\"69\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/thompson.png 649w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/thompson-300x41.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4666\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signature of Robert Thompson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7098\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/r-thompson\/thompsondeed\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7098\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7098\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/thompsondeed-150x150.png\" alt=\"Deed record, January 1, 1874\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/thompsondeed-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/thompsondeed-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deed record, January 1, 1874<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5968\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5968\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/shirley-2\/jan2474petition1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5968\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5968\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/jan2474petition1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Petition of legislators, Jan 24, 1874\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/jan2474petition1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/jan2474petition1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Petition of legislators, January 24, 1874<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4657\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/robert-gleed\/petition-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4657\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4657\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/petition-150x150.png\" alt=\"Petition signed by 8 legislators, Mar 21, 1874\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/petition-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/petition-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Petition of legislators, March 21, 1874<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4420\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4420\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/r-thompson\/thompson2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4420\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4420\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thompson2-150x150.png\" alt=\"Macon Beacon, May 23, 1874\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thompson2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thompson2-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Macon Beacon, May 23, 1874<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4418\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4418\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/r-thompson\/thompson\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4418\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4418\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thompson-150x150.png\" alt=\"Clarion-Ledger, October 4, 1876\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thompson-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thompson-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, October 4, 1876<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Thompson (Lowndes County) State House:\u00a01874-1875 Born: c. 1830 Farmer. Served on the committee on military affairs. Listed on the 1870 census in Lowndes County and the 1880 census in Noxubee County with wife Eliza and children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":53,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-148","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7099,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148\/revisions\/7099"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}