Thompson, Jacob, 1810-1885
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Thompson, Jacob, 1810-1885
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1810-1885
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Thompson, Jack, 1810-1885
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American politician.
U.S. secretary of the interior and representative from Mississippi (1839-1851), Confederate army officer, and secret agent.
U.S. secretary of the interior, 1857-1861; also Mississippi congressman and Confederate secret agent.
U.S. secretary of the interior and secret agent of the Confederate government.
Born in North Carolina; graduate of University of North Carolina and member of the Mississippi Bar; practiced law in Pontotoc and Oxford, Mississippi; United States Congressman 1839-1851; Secretary of the Interior 1857-1861; Confederate secret agent in Canada and northern cities.
Lawyer, congressman, and Secretary of State under James Buchanan, Thompson resigned the secretaryship on January 8, 1861 and joined the Confederacy.
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Mississippi
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Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.)
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