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Genevieve Clark Thomson
Genevieve Clark, around 1912
Born(1894-11-30)30 November 1894
Died16 February 1981(1981-02-16) (aged 86)
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Journalist, politician
Spouse James M. Thomson ​ ​(m. 1915⁠–⁠1959)​

Genevieve Clark Thomson (November 30, 1894 – February 16, 1981) was an American suffragist.

Biography

Bennett and Genevieve Clark, 1895

Genevieve Clark was born to politician and Speaker of the House James Beauchamp ("Champ") Clark and Genevieve Bennett Clark on November 30, 1894. She studied at the Friends' school in Washington, DC. She met publisher James M. Thomson during the Baltimore convention where she was working for her father's presidential nomination and Thomson was covering the event. They were married on June 30, 1915, in Bowling Green, Missouri. The whole state was invited.

As a suffragist, Thomson was an advocate of temperance and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. In 1913, she became a reporter in Washington. In 1924, she announced her candidacy to fill H. Garland Dupre's Congressional seat on the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, based about New Orleans, Louisiana. She lost to J. Zach Spearing with Spearing earning 16,733 votes and Thomson 12,745.

References

  1. "Genevieve Clark Thompson". Find a Grave. (The dates on her tombstone)
  2. Waal, Carla; Korner, Barbara Oliver (1997-01-01). Hardship and Hope: Missouri Women Writing about Their Lives, 1820-1920. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 9780826211200.
  3. ^ "The Enid Events. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 1, 1915". gateway.okhistory.org. July 1915. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
  4. "Engagement of Miss Genevieve Clark, Daughter roof Speaker of House, Announced". news.google.com. Daily Kentucky New Era. December 29, 1914. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
  5. "All Missouri Flocks to Clark-Thomson Wedding". Newspapers.com. The Daily Notes. June 30, 1915. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
  6. Genevieve Clark, Reporter. Editor & Publisher Company. March 8, 1913.
  7. "DAUGHTER OF CLARK SEEKS HOUSE SEAT; Mrs. Thomson, Whose Father Was Speaker, Is Congress Candidate in Louisiana". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
  8. "CLARK'S DAUGHTER BEATEN". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-01-19.

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