John H. Thompson

Notable Facts

  • Served as Presiding Officer, Lt. Governor in the 10th General Assembly (1825-1826)
  • Served as Presiding Officer, Lt. Governor in the 11th General Assembly (1826-1827)
  • Served as Presiding Officer, Lt. Governor in the 12th General Assembly (1827-1828)

Offices

Indiana House
Clark County
In office
Dec 7, 1818 to Dec 6, 1819
Assumed: General Election
Left: Counties Added to District
Clark, Floyd Counties
In office
Dec 6, 1819 to Nov 27, 1820
Assumed: General Election
1 year, 11 months, 21 days
Indiana House
Clark County
In office
Nov 19, 1821 to Dec 2, 1822
Assumed: General Election
Left: Ran For Other Office
1 year, 13 days
Indiana Senate
Clark, Floyd Counties
In office
Dec 2, 1822 to May 6, 1825
Assumed: Special Election
Left: Resigned
2 years, 5 months, 4 days
Lieutenant Governor
Statewide
In office
Dec 7, 1825 to Dec 3, 1828
Assumed: General Election
Left: Did Not Run
2 years, 11 months, 27 days
Indiana House
Clark County
In office
Dec 2, 1833 to Dec 1, 1834
Assumed: General Election
12 months, 4 days
Secretary of State
Statewide
In office
Jan 14, 1845 to Jan 14, 1849

Party: Whig
Assumed: Elected by Legislature
4 years, 1 day
John H. Thompson spent 13 years, 5 months, 5 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

We found no record of John H. Thompson running for office in Indiana. Our database only focuses on state and federal offices, so it's possible they ran at a different level, or in an office not currently in our database (note: state legislative election data is extremely limited currently).