William Thomasson

William Poindexter Thomasson (October 8, 1797 – December 29, 1882) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

Early life William Poindexter Thommasson was born on October 8, 1797, in New Castle, Kentucky. Thomasson completed preparatory studies. He served in Captain Duncan's company in the War of 1812.

Thomasson was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847). He declined to be a candidate for renomination. He moved to Chicago, Illinois, and resumed the practice of law.

During the Civil War, Thomasson served in the Union Army in the Seventy-first Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry.

Personal life Thomasson married Charlotte Leonard of Floyd County, Indiana in 1825. They had four children: Nelson, John J., Saran and Laura.

Thomasson died near La Grange, Kentucky on December 29, 1882. He was interred in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky.