serviceyears branch death_date term birth_date appointer signature term_end death_place profession term_start rank image name resting_place predecessor birth_place party office state district successor article_title
1832 south carolina state militia 23 november 1868 1826 -- 1829 8 january 1798 john tyler waddy thompson jr signature.svg march 9 , 1844 march 3 , 1841 tallahassee , florida attorney , judge , diplomat february 10 , 1842 september 10 , 1835 brigadier general waddy thompson jr.svg waddy thompson , jr. . tallahassee , florida henry warren r. davis e. lawrence -lrb- as special diplomatic agent -rrb- pickensville , ninety-six district , south carolina anti-jacksonian -- onward -rrb- -lrb- 1835 -- 1837 -rrb- whig -lrb- 1837 united carolina house of representatives states minister to mexico member of the south south carolina 6th moses william butler yale beach -lrb- as special diplomatic agent -rrb- waddy thompson , jr. .

waddy thompson , jr. .

waddy thompson , jr. -lrb- january 8 , 1798 -- november 23 , 1868 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from south carolina .
born in pickensville -lrb- now in pickens county -rrb- , ninety-six district , south carolina .
thompson moved to greenville with his parents in his infancy .
he received his early education in neighboring schools , and was graduated from south carolina college in 1814 .
he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1819 , beginning practice in edgefield , south carolina .
he moved to greenville , south carolina , and continued the practice of law .
he served as member of the south carolina house of representatives from 1826 to 1829 .
thompson was elected solicitor of the western circuit in 1830 .
he was appointed brigadier general of militia in 1832 .
thompson was elected as an anti-jacksonian to the 24th united states congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of warren r. davis .
he was reelected as a whig to the 25th and 26th congresses and served from september 10 , 1835 , to march 3 , 1841 .
he served as chairman of the committee on military affairs -lrb- 26th congress -rrb- .
he was not a candidate for renomination in 1840 .
he was appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to mexico and served from february 10 , 1842 , to march 9 , 1844 .
he moved to madison , florida , and engaged in cotton planting .
he was appointed solicitor general of a circuit in 1868 .
he died while on a visit to tallahassee , florida , november 23 , 1868 and interred in st. john 's episcopal church cemetery in tallahassee .
