Waddy Thompson, Jr.
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| United States Minister to Mexico | |
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In office February 10, 1842 – March 9, 1844 |
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| Appointed by | John Tyler |
| Preceded by | Henry E. Lawrence (as Special Diplomatic Agent) |
| Succeeded by | Moses Yale Beach (as Special Diplomatic Agent) |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 6th district |
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In office September 10, 1835 – March 3, 1841 |
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| Preceded by | Warren R. Davis |
| Succeeded by | William Butler |
| Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives | |
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In office 1826–1829 |
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| Personal details | |
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January 8, 1798 Pickensville, Ninety-Six District, South Carolina |
| Died | November 23, 1868 (aged 70) Tallahassee, Florida |
| Resting place | Tallahassee, Florida |
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Anti-Jacksonian (1835–1837) Whig (1837–onward) |
| Profession | attorney, judge, diplomat |
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| Service/branch | South Carolina State Militia |
| Years of service | 1832 |
| Rank | brigadier general |
Waddy Thompson, Jr. (January 8, 1798 – November 23, 1868) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina and U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1842-44.
Born in Pickensville, Ninety-Six District, South Carolina—near Easley in present Pickens County—Thompson was reared in Greenville. He graduated from South Carolina College in 1814 when he was 16; and he was admitted to the bar in 1819, beginning practice in Edgefield, South Carolina and marrying Emmala Butler, the daughter one of the state's richest plantation owners. About 1824 the couple moved to Greenville, where Thompson became politically active. He served as member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1826 to 1829. Thompson was elected solicitor of the western circuit in 1830.
Fervently supporting the theory of Vice President John C. Calhoun that a state could nullify an act of the U.S. Congress, in 1832 Thompson introduced a resolution in the South Carolina General Assembly calling for a convention to nullify the "Tariff of Abominations." The nullification crisis dissipated the following year; but in the meantime Thompson was appointed brigadier general of South Carolina militia, and he was thereafter referred to as "General Thompson."
In 1835, Thompson was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the 24th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Warren R. Davis. He was reelected as a Whig to the 25th and 26th Congresses serving from September 10, 1835, to March 3, 1841. Thompson served as chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs in the 26th Congress.
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