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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Lorenzo Dow "L. D." Thompson |
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New Bloomfield, Missouri , United States |
| Email | None |
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November 22, 1873
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| Died | October 01, 1951
(77 years)
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Oct 19, 2012 09:23pm |
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| Info | Lorenzo Dow Thompson (Republican), the twenty-fifth state treasurer, was born near Vandalia, Missouri on November 22, 1873. His father was a Union soldier. He moved with his family to Callaway County in 1886, received his education in the public schools of Callaway County, and engaged in the general merchandise business in New Bloomfield for twenty-three years. President McKinley appointed him postmaster of New Bloomfield on October 27, 1897. He was nominated for state treasurer on August 3, 1920 and elected on November 2. He received the annual salary of $3,000 and maintained an office staff of 16. The records of 1923 includes appropriation of salaries for a chief clerk, cashier-supervisor of accounts, five bookkeepers, a file clerk, two stenographers, a blind pension clerk, and clerks to assist with the soldier bonus fund. $10,000 was added to the contingent expenses fund for “purchase and installment of new equipment, file cases, furnishings, and such other improvements as are deemed necessary by the state treasurer for the vaults and office of the state treasurer.” $2,000 more was appropriated in 1923 for new equipment. “L.D.” as he was known, was nominated and elected state auditor in 1924 and re-elected in 1928. Upon retirement from political life he owned an insurance agency in Jefferson City. He was married on November 27, 1901 to Miss Ellen Bryan of New Bloomfield. They had two children. Mr. Thompson died on October 1, 1951 in Jefferson City.
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