10 Facts About Frank Thompson

Frank Thompson represented in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat from 1955 to 1980, and was chairman of the House Administration Committee from 1976 to 1980.

Frank Thompson is one of seven federal politicians who were convicted in the Abscam case in 1980.

Frank Thompson attended Wake Forest University, from which he earned a degree in law from the Wake Forest University School of Law.

Frank Thompson received three combat decorations for distinguished service at Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

Frank Thompson was a strong supporter of John F Kennedy and ran Kennedy's voter registration operations in the 1960 Presidential election.

Frank Thompson sponsored legislation that created both the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities and authored the legislation to establish the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Frank Thompson was a ranking member of his party, serving as the chairman of the Committee on House Administration during his final three terms.

In February 1980, Frank Thompson was one of six Congressmen who were implicated in the Abscam sting.

Frank Thompson faced 27-year-old Republican Chris Smith whom he had easily dispatched in 1978.

Frank Thompson served two years at the federal prison in Lexington before he was granted parole in 1985.