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Categories: U.S. Secretaries of the Interior | 1810 births | 1885 deaths | Mississippi politicians

Jacob Thompson

Jacob Thompson (May 15, 1810–March 24, 1885) was a U.S. politician. He served as a U.S. Congressman from Mississippi, and then as U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1857-61. During the American Civil War he fought with the Confederates.

Categories: U.S. Secretaries of the Interior | 1810 births | 1885 deaths | Mississippi politicians

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