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Meldrim Thomson Jr. was born on 8 March, 1912 in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., is an American politician. Discover Meldrim Thomson Jr.'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 89 years old?

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Age 89 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 8 March 1912
Birthday 8 March
Birthplace Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of death 19 April, 2001
Died Place Orford, New Hampshire, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Anne Gale Kelly

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Meldrim Thomson Jr. Net Worth

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1912

Meldrim Thomson Jr. (March 8, 1912 – April 19, 2001) was an American politician who served three terms as the 73rd governor of New Hampshire from 1973 to 1979.

A Republican, he was known as a strong supporter of conservative political values.

Thomson was born in 1912 in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, the son of Meldrim and Marion (Booth) Thomson, and was raised in Georgia and Florida.

He was an Eagle Scout.

1936

Thomson attended Mercer University, Washington and Jefferson College, and the University of Georgia School of Law and was admitted to the practice of law in Florida in 1936.

1938

In 1938, he married his secretary, Anne Gale Kelly, and together they had six children.

Thomson made his fortune publishing law books.

1952

In 1952, he founded Equity Publishing Corp., which published the laws of New Hampshire, Vermont, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico in English and Spanish.

1955

In 1955, he moved his family to New Hampshire, where he became involved in local and state educational and tax issues.

1966

In 1966, as chairman of the Orford School Board, Thomson refused to accept federal education aid because he said there were too many strings attached.

1968

He lost races for governor in Republican primaries in 1968 and 1970, running again in the 1970 general election on the third-party American Independent party.

1972

He finally won the governorship in 1972 as a Republican after a campaign in which he pledged to veto any new sales or income tax that was put on his desk, and he further promised not to raise existing taxes.

1976

Thomson was one of Ronald Reagan's staunchest supporters in 1976, as the former California governor challenged President Gerald Ford for the Republican presidential nomination.

Thomson was dismayed by Reagan's announcement that he would select moderate Republican Senator Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania as his running mate should he win the nomination.

1978

In his bid for re-election in 1978, Thomson lost to Democrat Hugh Gallen.

In 1978, Thomson appointed David Souter to the Superior Court bench.

Souter would later become a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Thomson also appointed Ivorey Cobb, the first African-American judge in New Hampshire state history.

After he was defeated for re-election in 1978, Thomson left the Republican party to form his own Constitution Party.

However, after getting on the ballot in Alabama, Kansas, Utah, Wisconsin, and Maine, his campaign contributions dried up when it was evident that Ronald Reagan was going to win the Republican nomination for president.

Thomson then ended his campaign for president and returned to the Republican Party.

1980

Thomson considered running for the presidency in 1980, but instead ran for governor, again losing to Gallen.

1982

In 1982 he ran for governor as an Independent, getting just 1.7% of the vote.

Thomson coined the slogans "Low taxes are the result of low spending" and "Ax the Tax" to represent his fiscal philosophy.

He was also a strong proponent of state sovereignty.

When Thomson learned Massachusetts tax agents were at New Hampshire liquor stores taking down the numbers on cars with Massachusetts license plates, he had them arrested.

When he learned that Maine had arrested a Portsmouth, New Hampshire lobsterman, in Maine waters, he began what was known as the "Lobster war."

The conflict ended in the U.S. Supreme Court with the drawing of an ocean boundary between the two states at the mouth of the Piscataqua River.

2001

Thomson died in 2001 aged 89 from Parkinson's disease and heart problems in Orford, New Hampshire.

2002

In 2002, the state named both a state building and state road in honor of Thomson.

The state office complex on Hazen Drive in Concord was named "Meldrim Thomson Jr. State Office Complex."

A 16-mile stretch of Route 25A, where his Mt. Cube Farm lined both sides of the road, was named the "Governor Meldrim Thomson Scenic Highway."

During his governorship, and thereafter, Thomson took the following actions: