Richard Thompson - Politics

Politics

  • Sir Richard Thompson, 1st Baronet (1912–1999), British Conservative politician
  • Richard W. Thompson (1809–1900), United States Secretary of the Navy under Rutherford B. Hayes, 1877–1880
  • Richard Thompson (Australian parliamentarian) (1906–1964), New Zealand-born Australian parliamentarian, businessman and Methodist Lay preacher
  • Rick Thompson (born 1952), Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
  • Richard S. Thompson (1916–1997), Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
  • Richard Frederick Thompson (1873–1949), farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada

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