Genevieve Clark Thomson

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
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(m. 1915⁠–⁠1959)​

Genevieve Clark Thomson (November 30, 1894 – February 16, 1981[1]) 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[2] on November 30, 1894. She studied at the Friends' school in Washington, DC.[3] 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.[4] They were married on June 30, 1915, in Bowling Green, Missouri. The whole state was invited.[5]

As a suffragist, Thomson was an advocate of temperance and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.[3] In 1913, she became a reporter in Washington.[6] 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.[7] She lost to J. Zach Spearing with Spearing earning 16,733 votes and Thomson 12,745.[8]

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. ^ a b "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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