Clark W. Thompson (Minnesota politician)

[1] He served in district 20 where he represented Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson, Martin, Murray, Pipestone, and Rock counties.

The land he selected was dry, lacked game for hunting, and was not well suited for people accustomed to a woodland terrain.

In 1863, he led a disastrous campaign to send goods from Mankato to the Dakota and Ho-Chunk at Crow Creek.

The plan, called the Moscow Expedition by local papers, allowed Thompson to award lucrative contracts to business partners but delayed the delivery of food.

In 1861, special agent George E. H. Day accused Thompson of fraud in letter to President Lincoln that went ignored.