What is James R. Thompson?
{{Infobox officeholder |name= James Thompson |image= Bio thompson.jpg |width= |caption= |order=37th |office= Governor of Illinois |term_start= January 10, 1977 |term_end= January 14, 1991 |lieutenant= [[Dave O'Neal]] <small>(1977–1981)</small><br>[[George Ryan]] <small>(1983–1991)</small> |predecessor= [[Daniel Walker]] |successor=[[Jim Edgar|James Edgar]] |birth_date= {{birth date|1936|5|8}} |birth_place= [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] |death_date={{death date and age|2020|8|14|1936|5|8}} |death_place=Chicago, Illinois |spouse= Jayne Ann Carr Thompson |children= 1 |profession= Lawyer |alma_mater=[[University of Illinois at Chicago]]<br>[[Washington University in St. Louis]]<br>[[Northwestern University]] |party= [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] }} '''James Robert Thompson, Jr.''' (May 8, 1936 &ndash; August 14, 2020) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politician. He was the 37th [[Governor of Illinois]] from 1977 through 1991. He was part of the [[9/11 Commission]]. A structure in Chicago is named after him, the [[James R. Thompson Center]]. Thompson was born on May 8, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois to a Swedish-American family.<ref>[http://www.vasaorden.se/en/index.htm?page=/en/asa/1981.asp ''James R. Thompson, Swedish-American of the Year – 1985'' (Vasa Order of America)]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He studied at the [[University of Illinois at Chicago]], at [[Washington University in St. Louis]], and at [[Northwestern University]]. He was married to Jayne Ann Carr Thompson. They had one child. Thompson died of [[cardiac arrest]] at [[Northwestern Memorial Hospital]] in [[Chicago]] on August 14, 2020 at the age of 84.<ref>[https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/8/15/18691508/james-jim-thompson-illinois-governor-republican-dead Former Gov. James Thompson, a giant of Illinois politics, dead at 84]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons category|James R. Thompson (politician)}} *[ht