Hugh Smith Thompson

Hugh Smith Thompson
Governor of South Carolina (en) 1 Disamba 1882 - 10 ga Yuli, 1886 ← Johnson Hagood (en) - John Calhoun Sheppard (en) →
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Charleston (mul) , 24 ga Janairu, 1836
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Mutuwa	New York, 20 Nuwamba, 1904
Makwanci	Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery (en)
Karatu
Makaranta	The Citadel (en)
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan siyasa
Imani
Jam'iyar siyasa	Democratic Party (en)

Hugh Smith Thompson (Janairu 24, 1836) – 20 ga Nuwamba, 1904) shine gwamnan South Carolina na 81, daga 1882 zuwa 1886.

Aiki a matsayin mai ilimi

An haife shi a Charleston, Thompson ya kammala karatunsa daga Kwalejin Soja ta South Carolina (wanda yanzu ake kira The Citadel ) a shekarar 1856 kuma ya kasance malami a Kwalejin Arsenal daga 1858 zuwa 1861. Ya jagoranci rundunar sojoji ta Citadel a ranar 9 ga Janairu, 1861, suka harba harbin farko na Yaƙin Basasa na Amurka lokacin da suka bude wuta kan jirgin ruwan Union Star of the West wanda ke shiga tashar jiragen ruwa ta Charleston. A sauran lokacin yaƙin, ya yi aiki a matsayin malamin sojoji a Kwalejin Citadel.

A ƙarshen yaƙin a shekarar 1865, Thompson ya zama shugaban Kwalejin Male ta Columbia har zuwa 1880. A shekarar 1876, 'yan Democrat na jihar suka zaɓe shi a matsayin Sufeton Ilimi wanda ya yi nasara bayan an yi zaɓen gwamna mai cike da ce-ce-ku-ce a madadin Wade Hampton da 'yan Democrat. An sake zaɓe shi a 1878 da 1880 ba tare da wata hamayya ba. A shekarar 1882, Thompson ya yi fafutukar neman shugabancin Kwalejin South Carolina . Duk da haka, ya fito a matsayin ɗan takarar gwamna bayan rabuwar 'yan Democrat na jihar tsakanin John Bratton da John Doby Kennedy . Bayan zaɓe na biyu a taron zaɓe, Bratton da Kennedy sun janye sunayensu kuma Thompson ya zama ɗan takarar Democrat a zaɓen gwamna na 1882.

Wa'adin mulki a matsayin gwamna da kuma ofisoshin tarayya

Thompson ya yi nasarar lashe babban zaɓe cikin sauƙi a kan J. Hendrix McLane kuma ya zama gwamna na 81 a Kudancin Carolina. An sake zaɓensa ba tare da wata hamayya ba a zaɓen gwamna na 1884. Lokacin da yake gwamna ya kasance mai cike da kwanciyar hankali a jihar, da haɗin kai a cikin jam'iyyar Democrat. Bayan da Shugaba Grover Cleveland ya naɗa shi Mataimakin Sakataren Baitulmali a 1886, Thompson ya yi murabus daga gwamna. A 1889, ya zama kwamishinan Hukumar Ayyukan Jama'a ta Amurka bayan Shugaba Benjamin Harrison ya naɗa shi. Ya yi ritaya daga aikin gwamnati a 1892, kuma ya shafe sama da shekaru goma yana aiki a matsayin mai kula da Kamfanin Inshorar Rayuwa na New York .

Mutuwa

A ranar 20 ga Nuwamba, 1904, Thompson ya mutu a birnin New York kuma aka binne shi a gidan ibada na Trinity Episcopal da ke Columbia .