C.W. Thompson
| Clyde W. Thompson | |
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| Louisiana State Representative for Webster Parish |
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In office 1944 – May 30, 1951 |
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| Preceded by | James E. Bolin |
| Succeeded by | Lizzie P. Thompson |
| Member of Webster Parish School Board | |
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In office 1930–1944 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 9, 1890 Doyline, Webster Parish, Louisiana |
| Died | May 30, 1951 (aged 60) |
| Resting place | Doyline Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Lizzie P. Thompson |
| Occupation | Farmer; Businessman |
Clyde W. Thompson, known as C. W. Thompson (November 9, 1890 – May 30, 1951), was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives who served from 1944 until his death in office. He was briefly succeeded as representative by his widow, Lizzie P. Thompson.
Thompson was a native and lifelong resident of Doyline, a village in south Webster Parish near Minden in northwestern Louisiana. He was a farmer and businessman who operated a store and a cotton gin. In 1930, Thompson was elected to the Webster Parish School Board. He became the board president in 1936 and was thereafter president of the Louisiana School Boards Association. He left the school board to take his legislative seat in the spring of 1944. Jimmie H. Davis of Shreveport was the incoming governor.
The outgoing representative, James E. Bolin, later the district attorney and a district and circuit court judge, was also a Doyline native. Bolin was away with the military in World War II and did not seek re-election to a second term.
Thompson won the position as state representative in 1944 without opposition in the Democratic primary election. He opposed tax increases and advocated higher teacher salaries, the reduction of the number of school dropouts, the funding of public works, and a hard-surface road for the seventeen miles from Dixie Inn to Cotton Valley, state Highway 371.
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