How to Pronounce Henry Adams Thompson
#50
Most Popular
Boost
Mar 23, 1837 Died on 08 Jul 1920 (aged 83)
American politician
AriesHenry Adams Thompson - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
Henry Adams Thompson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Family, Facts, Age, Net Worth, Biography and More in FamedBorn.com
About Henry Adams Thompson
- Henry Adams Thompson (March 23, 1837 – July 8, 1920) was an American prohibitionist and professor who was the vice-presidential nominee of the Prohibition Party in 1880.
- Thompson was a native of Pennsylvania, but spent much of his career in Ohio.
- He became a member of the United Brethren church and taught mathematics at several United Brethren colleges in the Midwest.
- Thompson served as president of Otterbein University from 1872 to 1886.
- Much of his time as college president was devoted to improving the financial standing of the school during the economic depression that followed the Panic of 1873. Initially a Republican, he became an early member of the Prohibition Party.
- His attempt at election to the vice presidency in 1880, running on a ticket with Neal Dow of Maine, was the party's best showing to date, but they still placed a distant fourth to the eventual winners, James A.
- Garfield and Chester A.
- Arthur.
- He ran for office under the Prohibition banner several other times before and after 1880, all without success.
