Background
Thompson, Joseph Whitaker was born on August 19, 1861 in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles Impey and Gertrude Kimber (Wbitaker) Thompson.
Thompson, Joseph Whitaker was born on August 19, 1861 in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles Impey and Gertrude Kimber (Wbitaker) Thompson.
Rugby Academy, Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania, Bachelor of Arts, 1883, Bachelor of Laws 1887. Read law in office of late Governor Pennypacker.
Practiced law at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Las Cruces, N. Mexico Assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1900-1904. United States Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1904-1912. Chairman Republican Executive Committee, Montgomery Company, Pennsylvania, 1904.
Appointed United States District Judge, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, since 1912. Senior First Lieutenant, Battery F., National Guard Pennsylvania, 1898-1900. First Lieutenant, and Battalion Adjutant., 6 Regiment Infantry, National Guard, Pennsylvania, 1900-1907.
Member of Delta Psi; Masons. Grand Lodge Charity Fund (chairman of trustees). University of Pennsylvania (trustee).
St. James’s P.E. Church (vestryman). Clubs: Union League of Philadelphia, Merion Cricket, Phoenixville Country.
Married Anna Pennypacker Williamson, December 4, 1889. Children: Elisabeth Williamson, Charles Impey, Martha Josephine.