Jacob Thompson (May 15, 1810-March 24, 1885) was a U.S. politician. Thompson was born 1810 in Leasburg, North Carolina. He served as a U.S. Congressman from Mississippi.
Thompson served under James Buchannan's administration as U.S. Secretary of the Interior during 1857-1861. Two months before the end of Buchannan's administration Mississippi seceded and Thompson went home to serve his state.
During the American Civil War he fought on the side of the Confederacy.
This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Preceded by: Robert McClelland United States Secretary of the Interior 1857-1861 Succeeded by: Caleb Blood Smith United States Secretaries of the Interior Ewing • McKennan • Stuart • McClelland • Thompson • C Smith • Usher • Harlan • Browning • Cox • Delano • Chandler • Schurz • Kirkwood • Teller • Lamar • Vilas • Noble • M Smith • Francis • Bliss • Hitchcock • Garfield • Ballinger • Fisher • Lane • Payne • Fall • Work • West • Wilbur • Ickes • Krug • Chapman • McKay • Seaton • Udall • Hickel • Morton • Hathaway • Kleppe • Andrus • Watt • Clark • Hodel • Lujan • Babbitt • Norton • Kempthorne
