B. A. Thompson

Burges Asbury Thompson, (born May 9, 1849; died July 23, 1922), was Mayor of Birmingham from 1888 to 1890. He defeated three-term incumbent A. O. Lane in the 1888 Birmingham mayoral election but only served one two-year term before Lane returned to unseat him in 1890. His short stay in office was marked by the dramatic events following the Hawes murders.

Thompson was the eldest son of builder Jesse Samford Thompson, and his wife, the former Henrietta Collins, who came to the city at its founding in 1871. His brother, T. C. Thompson, founded the Thompson Brick Company in Birmingham and the Siluria Cotton Mill in Shelby County. Burges and Thomas were partners in the continuation of their father's contracting business for 18 months beginning in 1873.

Thompson married the former Flora Richards and had one child, Lee.

Thompson died in 1922 and is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery.

Preceded by: A. O. Lane	Mayor of Birmingham 1888-1890	Succeeded by: A. O. Lane

References

Dubose, John Witherspoon (1887) Jefferson County and Birmingham, Alabama: Historical and Biographical Birmingham: Teeple & Smith, Publishers; Caldwell Printing Works.