Joseph Oswalt Thompson
Joseph Oswalt Thompson (February 2, 1869 – 1933) served as Chairman of the Alabama Republican Party and was the Republican Party candidate in the 1910 Alabama gubernatorial election. He was also a congressional candidate in 1918. One of the largest cotton growers in the state, he also held several federal offices.[1][2] He served as postmaster of Tuskegee, Alabama.[3] and corresponded with Booker T. Washington.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Owen, Thomas Mcadory (1921). "History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography".
- ^ "StackPath". lib.usm.edu.
- ^ "TR Center - Letter from Joseph O. Thompson to Theodore Roosevelt". www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org.
- ^ Washington, Booker T.; Harlan, Louis R. (1977). Booker T. Washington Papers Volume 7: 1903-4. Assistant Editor, Barbara S. Kraft. ISBN 9780252006661.
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