Terms of Service

• House, 25th ^{(1) (2)} Legislature
  1/12/1897 - 1/10/1899
  Democrat
  

(1) Democrat. "The secretary of state has received the election results from the Ninety-sixth or El Paso legislative district, showing that J.G. Welch, independent, and S.A. Thompson, democrat, have been elected to the lower house of the Twenty-fifth legislature." 12/10/1896, p. 4. El Paso Herald .
(2) Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. S. Thompson, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Obituary, Samuel A. Thompson, "S.A. Thompson, Prominent Mason, Claimed by Death," 2/2/1920, p. 12. El Paso Times .
• S.A. Thompson,death date 1/31/1920 in Wichita County. FamilySearch Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 .
• Samuel Allison Thompson, birth date 9/22/1851, death date 1/31/1920, burial in Hillcrest Cemetery, Fort Davis, Jeff Davis County. Find a Grave .
• Obituary, S.A. Thompson, "Former Member of Texas Legislature Dies at Wichita Falls," Sunday morning, 2/1/1920, p. 9. Fort Worth Record-Telegram .
• Biographical sketch, S.A. Thompson, pp. 96-97. Born 9/22/1851 in Huntington County, Pennsylvania. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature 1897.

Committee Information

• 25th R.S. - 1897
• Counties and County Boundaries  
• Irrigation  
• Judicial Districts  
• Mining and Minerals  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• Redistricting State Judiciary, Special