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Robert Thompson (Mississippi politician)

1830–

United States

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Robert Thompson (born c. 1830) was a state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875 from Lowndes County, Mississippi. He was born in South Carolina and worked as a laborer. He served on a committee with six others to investigate contested election cases. He later moved to Noxubee County, Mississippi where he lived with his wife Eliza and children.

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