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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:Politician
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:Mississippi_Democratic_Party
gptkb:Democratic_Congressional_Campaign_Committee
gptkb:Congressional_Black_Caucus
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gptkbp:birth_date
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1948-01-28
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gptkbp:birth_place
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gptkb:Bolivar_County,_Mississippi,_USA
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gptkbp:children
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2
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gptkbp:committee
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gptkb:House_Committee_on_Agriculture
gptkb:House_Committee_on_Transportation_and_Infrastructure
gptkb:House_Committee_on_Homeland_Security
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gptkbp:district
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gptkb:Mississippi's_2nd_congressional_district
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:Jackson_State_University
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gptkbp:election_year
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gptkb:1992
gptkb:1994
gptkb:1996
gptkb:1998
gptkb:2000
gptkb:2002
gptkb:2004
gptkb:2006
gptkb:2008
gptkb:2010
gptkb:2012
gptkb:2014
gptkb:2016
gptkb:2018
gptkb:2020
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gptkbp:full_name
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Benny Gordon Thompson
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Benny Thompson
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gptkbp:known_for
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Advocacy for civil rights
Advocacy for economic development
Advocacy for education reform
Advocacy for healthcare reform
Advocacy for homeland security
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gptkbp:notable_work
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Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:Politician
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gptkbp:party
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gptkb:Democratic_Party
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gptkbp:political_career
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Member of the U. S. House of Representatives since 1993
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gptkbp:position
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gptkb:U._S._Representative
Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus
Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee from 2007 to 2011
Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee from 2019 to present
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gptkbp:religion
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gptkb:Baptist
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gptkbp:residence
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gptkb:Bolivar_County,_Mississippi,_USA
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Beverly_Thompson
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gptkbp:term_end
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present
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gptkbp:term_start
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1993-01-03
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gptkbp:website
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https://thompson.house.gov
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:January_6_Commission
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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