Hugh Smith Thompson

Hugh Smith Thompson (Janairu 24, 1836) 20 ga Nuwamba, 1904) shine gwamnan South Carolina na 81, daga 1882 zuwa 1886.

 Aiki a matsayin mai ilimi 
An haife shi a Charleston, Thompson ya kammala karatunsa daga Kwalejin Soja ta South Carolina (wanda yanzu ake kira The Citadel ) a shekarar 1856 kuma ya kasance malami a Kwalejin Arsenal daga 1858 zuwa 1861. Ya jagoranci rundunar sojoji ta Citadel a ranar 9 ga Janairu, 1861, suka harba harbin farko na Yaƙin Basasa na Amurka lokacin da suka bude wuta kan jirgin ruwan Union Star of the West wanda ke shiga tashar jiragen ruwa ta Charleston. A sauran lokacin yaƙin, ya yi aiki a matsayin malamin sojoji a Kwalejin Citadel. 

A ƙarshen yaƙin a shekarar 1865, Thompson ya zama shugaban Kwalejin Male ta Columbia har zuwa 1880. A shekarar 1876, 'yan Democrat na jihar suka zaɓe shi a matsayin Sufeton Ilimi wanda ya yi nasara bayan an yi zaɓen gwamna mai cike da ce-ce-ku-ce a madadin Wade Hampton da 'yan Democrat. An sake zaɓe shi a 1878 da 1880 ba tare da wata hamayya ba. A shekarar 1882, Thompson ya yi fafutukar neman shugabancin Kwalejin South Carolina . Duk da haka, ya fito a matsayin ɗan takarar gwamna bayan rabuwar 'yan Democrat na jihar tsakanin John Bratton da John Doby Kennedy . Bayan zaɓe na biyu a taron zaɓe, Bratton da Kennedy sun janye sunayensu kuma Thompson ya zama ɗan takarar Democrat a zaɓen gwamna na 1882.

 Wa'adin mulki a matsayin gwamna da kuma ofisoshin tarayya 
Thompson ya yi nasarar lashe babban zaɓe cikin sauƙi a kan J. Hendrix McLane kuma ya zama gwamna na 81 a Kudancin Carolina. An sake zaɓensa ba tare da wata hamayya ba a zaɓen gwamna na 1884. Lokacin da yake gwamna ya kasance mai cike da kwanciyar hankali a jihar, da haɗin kai a cikin jam'iyyar Democrat. Bayan da Shugaba Grover Cleveland ya naɗa shi Mataimakin Sakataren Baitulmali a 1886, Thompson ya yi murabus daga gwamna. A 1889, ya zama kwamishinan Hukumar Ayyukan Jama'a ta Amurka bayan Shugaba Benjamin Harrison ya naɗa shi. Ya yi ritaya daga aikin gwamnati a 1892, kuma ya shafe sama da shekaru goma yana aiki a matsayin mai kula da Kamfanin Inshorar Rayuwa na New York .  

 Mutuwa 
A ranar 20 ga Nuwamba, 1904, Thompson ya mutu a birnin New York kuma aka binne shi a gidan ibada na Trinity Episcopal da ke Columbia . 

Manazarta

Category:Mutuwan  1904