Laforrest H. Thompson (January 6, 1848 – June 22, 1900) was a Vermont attorney and politician who served as President of the Vermont Senate and a Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.
Biography Laforrest Holman Thompson was born in Bakersfield, Vermont, on January 6, 1848. He was educated at Kimball Union Academy, taught school while studying law, was admitted to the bar in 1871, and opened a practice in Irasburg.Jacob G. Ullery, editor, Men of Vermont Illustrated, page 397Samuel Lankton Geroud, editor, The General Catalogue and a Brief History of Kimball Union Academy, 1880, page 265
A Republican, Thompson served as Orleans County State's Attorney from 1874 to 1876, and county Judge of Probate from 1876 to 1881.Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont Legislative Directory, 1884, page 43A. N. Marquis & Company, publisher, Who's Who in America (1899-1900), 1899, page 725
In 1880 and 1882 Thompson was Irasburg's member of the Vermont House of Representatives. In 1884 Thompson was elected to the Vermont Senate. He served one term, 1884 to 1886, and was the Senate's President Pro Tem. Hiram Carleton, Editor, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont, Volume 2, 1903, pages 171 to 172Thomas William Herringshaw, editor, Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography], 1914, page 449
In 1890 Thompson was again elected to the Vermont House of Representatives. Later in 1890 he was appointed to the Vermont Supreme Court, on which he served until his death.Frederick W. Baldwin, editor, History of "Bank of Orleans," "Irasburgh National Bank of Orleans," "Barton National Bank," "Barton Savings Bank," "Barton Savings Bank and Trust Company," 1916, page 113Prentiss Cutler Dodge, editor, Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography, 1912, page 88
Thompson died in Irasburg on June 22, 1900.New York Times, Newspaper article, Death List of a Day, June 23, 1900 He is buried in Irasburg Cemetery, Plot 350, Row U 32a.Janice Boyko , Vermont Northeast Kingdom Genaology listings for Irasburg Cemetery, 2006
Thompson's son Frank D. Thompson also served on the Vermont Supreme Court. Frank Thompson was married to Mabel Miles, whose father Willard W. Miles was also an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.
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