The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-02-16
Biographical Sketch

JUDGE WILLIAM HOWARD THOMPSON was born in Crawords
~ ve Indiana October A. 1871 and came to Kansas $780,
settling in Nemaha county where he resided with his father udg
Thompson and family farm miles north of Sabetha until
1882 when he moved with the family Seneca where he attended
school and graduated from the High School 1886 and after
wards entered his fathers law office Sabetha student He
has been identified with Kansas for 80 years. and has been
active the affairs of State from early manhood the present
time filling various positions of honor and with the strctes
honesty and fidelity At the of II he taught successful
school Brown county, and 1885, though but youth he
appointed of his ability and integrity Deputy Treas
ure of Nemaha county and for sometime had exclusive charge
that office At the of 20 he became official reporter for the
22nd Judicial District serving under his father who Judge
that district He relieved ExAtorney General Bradford Clerk
the Court of Appeals by appointment Topeka January 1884,
and set that office its feet by bringing it from of the
offices under his predecessors administration the very best pay
ing office of the kind the state each turning large
money the instead of leaving deficit had been
before He has been raised in legal atmosphere having
of his life either law Office the From boyhood his
ambition life was to become well informed lawyer and he
proved every opportunity accomplish it, and after he
of admitted the bar and has been connected
courts actively engaged the practice After serving
Topeka be joined his father the practice lola Kansas where
lived until he Garden City about years ago He
the practice here only short time until he elected
Democratic ticket what overwhelming Odds Judge
this District which position he has held for five years.
AS Judge of the District he has given general satisfaction has
gained the distinction of being absolutely fair and nonpartan and
has demonstrated his ability business with extreme
rompness He has rendered many decisions affecting
nnd matters this section of the and has done much to clear
the titles for the settlers In these his decisions have
been uniformly favorable who has put his
time and labor into the lands and who loves the country home toll
live in rather than the land CRATER who nothing for the
country except what be get of for little nothing Hell
of great and capacity for work and has proven his
ability in this line by cleaning the docke in all nine
counties of the district and dposng of credited
to other district Judge Kansas the length time
His work we'll received by the people of the district that he
received general support regardless of politics. for reelection Hell
has the honor of being the first and only Democrat elected Judge
this district In his last the district about epub
5000 VOTE and the republicans nominated their abest
and strongest candidate with the hope of again controlling But in
spite of thorough partisan organization against him STRONG
personal made by his and his supporters he sue
ceedd carrying 81 out of 50 precincts the district and swept
every precinct three of the countless and all of the counties
which he defeated by only votes He not only
wiped out the big republican majority but received majority
himself He has taken active and successful Kansas demo-
a politics since he became and has been
gure the participating every and campaign
nce 1892 By of having lived of the state
lis actual knowledge of the wants and needs of every locality his
vide personal acquaintance throughout the and known
bty for organization and overtunng republican maores is
icing urged by democrats and personal friends in all parties to
inter- the race for United States Senator They believe to be the
trongest at this critical time He recently rendered the
omnaOn for Congress the Seventh District but declined the