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| Name | E. Keith Thomson |
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Cheyenne, Wyoming , United States |
| Email | None |
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February 08, 1919
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| Died | December 09, 1960
(41 years)
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| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
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| Info | THOMSON, EDWIN KEITH - born in New Castle, Weston County, Wyo., February 8, 1919; attended the public schools in Beulah, Wyo., and Spearfish, S.Dak.; was graduated from the University of Wyoming Law School in 1941; called to active duty on March 24, 1941; commanded Second Battalion, Three Hundred and Sixty-second Infantry Regiment, Ninety-first Division in Italy; released from active duty as a lieutenant colonel on January 24, 1946; was admitted to the bar in 1941 and commenced the practice of law in Cheyenne, Wyo., in February 1946; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1952; member of the State house of representatives 1952-1954
US Representative (R-WY) 1955-12/9/1960. Thomson was the only Republican to win statewide in Wyoming in 1958. He did not seek renomination to the Eighty-seventh Congress but was elected to the United States Senate on November 8, 1960, for the term commencing January 3, 1961; died of a heart attack in Cody, Wyo., December 9, 1960; interment in Arlington National Cemetery.
[Link] ; New York Times, 12/10/1960 |
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