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| Descriptive Summary |
| 3 | Collection Description |
| Administrative Information |
| Related Materials and Subjects |
| Series Descriptions and Folder Listing |
| 1 | Series I. Correspondence 1967-1970 |
| Series II. Department 1967-1971 |
| 1 | Series III. General 1967-1971 |
| Series IV. Legislative 1967-1971 |
| Series V. Press 1967-1971 |
| Series VI. Political and Personal 1967-1968 |
S. Fletcher Thompson Papers
Descriptive Summary | |
| Title: S. Fletcher Thompson Papers | |
| Creator: Thompson, Standish Fletcher, 1925- | |
| Inclusive Dates: 1967-1971 | |
| Language(s): English | |
| Extent: 86 box(es) (84.75 linear feet) | |
| Collection Number: RBRL021SFT | |
| Repository: Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies | |
| Abstract: S. Fletcher Thompson served as a U.S. Representative (1967-1973) and as a Georgia State Senator (1965-1967). His papers document his congressional career, including material related to the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Era, and Republican Party politics. | |
Collection Description
Biographical Note
Standish 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 Content
The 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 Arrangement
The papers are arranged in six series: I. Correspondence, II. Department, III. General, IV. Legislative, V. Press, and VI. Political and Personal.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Preferred citation
S. Fletcher Thompson Papers, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.
Processing Information
This 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 Information
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User Restrictions
Library acts as "fair use" reproduction agent.
Finding Aid Publication
Finding Aid prepared by Mat Darby, 2015.
Related Materials and Subjects
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