Genevieve Clark Thomson

Genevieve Clark Thomson (November 30, 1894 – February 16, 1981^[1]) was an American suffragist.

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

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. "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.

External links

•   Media related to Genevieve Clark Thomson at Wikimedia Commons
• Genevieve Clark Thomson at Find a Grave