Jacob Thompson
Former United States Secretary of the Interior
Jacob Thompson was the United States Secretary of the Interior, who resigned on the outbreak of the American Civil War and became the Inspector General of the Confederate States Army. Wikipedia
Born: May 15, 1810, Leasburg, NC
Died: March 24, 1885 (age 74 years), Memphis, TN
Books: Address, Delivered on Occasion of the Opening of the University of the State of Mississippi, in Behalf of the Board of Trustees, November 6, 1848, Diets: Weight Loss and Diet Plans - Find Healthy Diet Plans and Lose Weight Quickly, Increase of the Army: Speech of Hon. Jacob Thompson, of Miss., Delivered in the House of Representatives, January 9, 1847, in Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, on the Bill to Raise for a Limited Time an Additional Military Force, and for Other Purposes, and more
Party: Democratic Party
Previous offices: United States Secretary of the Interior (1857–1861), Representative (1847–1851), and Representative (1839–1847)
Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nationality: American