Thompson, Jacob, 1810-1885
Variant namesAmerican politician.
From the description of Letter signed : "Department of the Interior," to J.S. Black, Attorney-General, 1858 May 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572142
From the description of Letter signed : "Department of the Interior," to J.S. Black, Attorney General, 1857 Dec. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572137
From the description of Signature clipped from the register of Brown's Hotel : Washington, D.C., 1858 Jun. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572144
U.S. secretary of the interior and representative from Mississippi (1839-1851), Confederate army officer, and secret agent.
From the description of Jacob Thompson correspondence, 1841 June. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980598
U.S. secretary of the interior, 1857-1861; also Mississippi congressman and Confederate secret agent.
From the description of Letter : Washington, [D.C.], to Riggs & Co., Washington, [D.C.], 1857 July 9. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 40358542
U.S. secretary of the interior and secret agent of the Confederate government.
From the description of Papers, 1859, 1861. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 41395615
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.
From the description of Speech, 1847 January 9. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 15799303
Lawyer, congressman, and Secretary of State under James Buchanan, Thompson resigned the secretaryship on January 8, 1861 and joined the Confederacy.
From the description of Letter, December 28, 1860. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 690959906
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Birth 1810-05-15
Death 1885-03-24
