 S. Fletcher Thompson Papers
Collection DescriptionBiographical NoteStandish Fletcher Thompson was born February 5, 1925, in College Park, Fulton County, Georgia, and attended public schools in East Point, Georgia. In 1943, Thompson served in the United States Army Medical Corps and later served as navigator with the Air Rescue Service in the United States Army Air Corps (1944-1946). Thompson re-enlisted at the onset of the Korean War and served as a pilot with the United States Air Force (1950-1953). Thompson graduated from Emory University in 1949 and from Woodrow Wilson College of Law in 1957. After admission to the bar in 1958, he started a law practice in East Point. He and his wife Kathryn had two children, Debi and Larry. In 1964, Thompson, a Republican, was elected to the Georgia General Assembly as the state senator representing District 34. In 1966, he won election to the U.S. Congress from Georgia's Fifth District and served three terms (1967-1973). In 1972, he ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate, losing to Democrat Sam Nunn. After leaving politics, Thompson returned to his law practice. In 1985, he was appointed as a member of the Atlanta Regional Commission. He currently resides in Marietta, Georgia. Scope and ContentThe S. Fletcher Thompson Papers document Thompson's tenure as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia's Fifth District (1967-1973). The papers include correspondence, legislative files, general subject and department files, press material, and information on Thompson's campaigns and political activities. Subject areas include the Vietnam War, civil rights, issues affecting his constituents, as well as Republican Party politics, particularly Bo Callaway and his potential candidacy for U.S. President. Material documenting Thompson's last full year in Congress, 1972, is notably absent from the collection. Organization and ArrangementThe papers are arranged in six series: I. Correspondence, II. Department, III. General, IV. Legislative, V. Press, and VI. Political and Personal. Administrative InformationAccess RestrictionsThis collection is open for research. Preferred citationS. Fletcher Thompson Papers, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641. Processing InformationThis collection has been minimally processed. Russell Library staff has organized the collection into series and, within each series, chronologically and alphabetically at the box-level. The inventory generally describes the contents of each box but does not include a list of the folders within each box. Copyright InformationBefore material from collections at the Richard B. Russell Library may be quoted in print, or otherwise reproduced, in whole or in part, in any publication, permission must be obtained from (1) the owner of the physical property, and (2) the holder of the copyright. It is the particular responsibility of the researcher to obtain both sets of permissions. Persons wishing to quote from materials in the Russell Library collection should consult the Director. Reproduction of any item must contain a complete citation to the original. User RestrictionsLibrary acts as "fair use" reproduction agent. Finding Aid PublicationFinding Aid prepared by Mat Darby, 2015. Related Materials and SubjectsSubject TermsRelated Collections in this Repository
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