Samuel Benjamin Thompson

Samuel Benjamin Thompson (October 11, 1837 - August 1909) was a lawyer, judicial official, and Reconstruction Era politician in South Carolina.[1][2]

He was a delegate to the 1865 South Carolina Constitutional Constitutional Convention.[3] He was also an elected member of the 48th general assembly from 1868 to 1870, one of the four representatives for Richland County.[4] He served as a state legislator for six years as well as a justice of the peace for eight years.[3]

He was the uncle of Charleston doctor Alonzo Clifton McClennan. He married Eliza Henrietta Montgomery and had nine children. Their eldest child, Clarissa Minnie Thompson Allen, became an educator and author.[3]

He and eight other reconstruction era legislators are buried at Randolph Cemetery.[1]

References
  1. National register of Historic Places - Randolph Cemetery. 12 Dec 1994. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  2. "South Carolina Department of Archives and History - Randolph Cemetery, Gravemarker of Samuel Benjamin Thompson". www.nationalregister.sc.gov. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  3. Page, Yolanda Williams (2007). Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-33429-0. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  4. "South Carolina During the Late 1800s - The 48th General Assembly (1868-1870)". www.carolana.com. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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