Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....THOMPSON, LOU J. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Tina Vickery tsvickery@gmail.com January 2, 2008, 5:24 pm Author: Compiled by The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY BURNETT AND WASHBURN COUNTIES. LOU J. THOMPSON (Dem.) was born June 10, 1876, at Black River Falls, where he finished his education in the Black River Falls High School. In 1898 he became an employee of the Great Northern Railway at Superior, and three years later moved to Spooner, where he has since resided, combining in business insurance, real estate, and timber products. He was for fourteen years secretary-treasurer of the Federal Loan Association. Mr. Thompson has enjoyed a long public career, having held the offices of city clerk for one term, city supervisor for eight years, chairman of the Washburn County Board for five years, secretary- treasurer of the Board of Education for twelve years. He was first elected to the Legislature in 1932. Address: Spooner. Additional Comments: Compiled by The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library. The Wisconsin Blue Book. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company, 1933. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/history/bluebook/1933/bios/thompson1072gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb