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Robert Thompson (born c. 1830) was a state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875 from Lowndes County, Mississippi. He was born in South Carolina and worked as a laborer.

He served on a committee with six others to investigate contested election cases.

He later moved to Noxubee County, Mississippi where he lived with his wife Eliza and children.

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

References

1. ^ "Robert Thompson – Against All Odds".
2. Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner Louisiana State University Press 1996 page 212
3. "Mississippi Legislature 1874". The Clarion-Ledger. 22 January 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
4. "Committee formed to investigate contested election cases". The Clarion-Ledger. 29 January 1874. p. 1. Retrieved 19 April 2022.

• Members of the Mississippi House of Representatives
• African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era
• People from Lowndes County, Mississippi
• People from Noxubee County, Mississippi
• 1830s births
• African-American state legislators in Mississippi
• 19th-century members of the Mississippi Legislature