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About George W. Thompson
George Western Thompson was a nineteenth-century Virginia politician, lawyer and judge. He served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives, resigning to become a state judge. During the American Civil War Judge Thompson resigned that position as because he believed the creation of West Virginia to be illegal.
Everything about George W. Thompson →- Occupation
- politician, judge, lawyer
- Position held
- United States representative, Member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- May 14, 1806
- Died
- February 24, 1888