John Thomson (Ohio politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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United States Representative from Ohio
Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1780
Date of Death: 02-Dec-1852
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About John Thomson (Ohio politician)
- John Thomson (November 20, 1780 – December 2, 1852) was a United States Representative from Ohio. Born in Ireland, Thomson immigrated with his parents to the United States in 1787.
- He completed preparatory studies.
- He studied medicine, and in 1806, he moved to New Lisbon, Ohio, and practiced.
- He served in the Ohio Senate in 1814, 1815, and 1817–1820 and in the Ohio House of Representatives in 1816. Thomson was elected to the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827).
- He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1826 to the Twentieth Congress. Thomson was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1837).
- He was not a candidate for renomination in 1836.
- He resumed the practice of medicine. He died in New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Columbiana County, Ohio, December 2, 1852.
- He was interred in New Lisbon Cemetery.
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