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About John Renshaw Thomson
John Renshaw Thomson was an American merchant who worked in the China Trade and supported emerging industries in New Jersey through his positions on a regional canal company and the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad. He was elected as a United States senator, serving from 1853 to his death in 1862.
Everything about John Renshaw Thomson →- Occupation
- politician, merchant, businessperson
- Position held
- United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- September 25, 1800
- Died
- September 12, 1862, September 10, 1862