Background
Thompson, Huston was born on November 1, 1875 in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel Huston and Martha Jane (McIlwain) Thompson.
Thompson, Huston was born on November 1, 1875 in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel Huston and Martha Jane (McIlwain) Thompson.
Graduate Lawrenceville Preparatory School, 1893. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1897. Student New York Law School.
Doctor of Laws, George Washington University, 1922.
Began practice, Denver, 1899. Lecturer law, University Denver Law School, 1903-1906. Assistant attorney general of Colorado, 1907-1909.
Assistant attorney general of the United States, 1913-1918.
Appointed Federal Trade Commissioner, 1918, term of 7 years chairman, 1920-1921 and 1923-1924. Member Bright, Thompson, Mast, Washington.
Washington. Represented Department Interior in special litigation, also Treasury Department, Department Justice.
Appointed by Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt to try the case of the United States v. Appalachian Electric Power Company (New River case).
Made investigation of T.V.A. for President Roosevelt. Appointed to President's Emergency Board to mediate the threatend strike on the Seaboard Airline Railway Company Appointed referee in cases affecting Railway Express Agency and its employees.
Appointed by President Truman on the Emergency Board to settle threatened strike on I.C. Railroad Delaware First Inter-American Conference on Indian Life, Patzcuaro, Mexico.
President, National Democratic Council. President, Boy Scout Council, District of Columbia, chairman Boy Scout regional district committee for Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland., Virginia and District of Columbia President board directors Town Hall. Member American, District of Columbia, Colorado Bar Associations, Phi Alpha Delta, Order of Coif.
Clubs: Chevy Chase, Cosmos (president), Princeton, Alfalfa (Washington).
Married Caroline Margaret Cordes, September 16, 1909.