THOMPSON, Wiley (1781-1835)
Jacksonian of Georgia 
98th congressional district
Served in House 1821-1833
Biography
Representative from Georgia; born in Amelia County, Va., September 23, 1781; moved to Elberton, Elbert County, Ga.; served as a commissioner of the Elbert County Academy in 1808; served in the Georgia state senate, 1817-1819; was appointed major general of the Fourth Division of the Georgia Militia in November 1817 and served until November 1824, when he resigned; elected as a Democratic Republican to the Seventeenth Congress; reelected as a Crawford Republican to the Eighteenth Congress; and reelected as a Jacksonian candidate to the Nineteenth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1821-March 3, 1833); was a delegate to the Georgia state constitutional convention in 1833; agent to Seminole Indians; appointed in 1834 to superintend the removal of Seminoles from Florida; killed by band of Seminoles led by Osceola at Fort King, Fla., on December 28, 1835; interment in the private burial ground on his estate at Elberton, Ga.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
