Daniel D. Tompkins

Daniel D. Tompkins (born June 21, 1774 in Fox Meadows , New York Province, † June 11, 1825 in Tompkinsville ) was an American politician and the sixth Vice President of the United States .

Tompkins studied law and then gained experience in the New York State Assembly and the New York State Supreme Court before serving as Governor of New York from 1807 to 1817 . During this time he turned down an offer to join the government of US President James Madison . Under President James Monroe , however, he was then Vice President of the USA from 1817 to 1825 and also represented its self-confident attitude towards the European powers. Tompkins remained for nearly a century, until the tenure of Thomas Riley Marshall (1913–1921) the last vice president to serve two full terms ( John C. Calhoun resigned in 1832 a little before the end of his second term). Numerous subsequent presidents, who remained in office for two terms, changed the deputy when they were re-elected. This practice only became uncommon in the middle of the 20th century.

Tompkins died shortly after the end of his tenure, in the settlement he founded Tompkinsville on Staten Island just outside New York City . He had been married to Hannah Minthorne since 1798 and the couple had eight children together.

literature

Jules Witcover: The American Vice Presidency: From Irrelevance to Power. Smithsonian Books, Washington, D. C. 2014, ISBN 978-1-5883-4471-7 , pp. 57-63 (= 6. Daniel D. Tompkins of New York ).

Web links

Commons : Daniel D. Tompkins - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Daniel Tompkins in the National Governors Association (English)
Daniel D. Tompkins in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
Daniel D. Tompkins in the Miller Center of Public Affairs of the University of Virginia (English)

Daniel D. Tompkins in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Remarks

↑ Tompkins had only one baptismal name, Daniel, but used the letter D. as a middle name to distinguish himself from a classmate of the same name at Columbia College. That this means D. Decius cannot be proven.

personal data
SURNAME	Tompkins, Daniel D.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician and the sixth Vice President of the United States
DATE OF BIRTH	June 21, 1774
PLACE OF BIRTH	Fox Meadows , New York Province
DATE OF DEATH	June 11, 1825
Place of death	Tompkinsville

[1] Tompkins had only one baptismal name, Daniel, but used the letter D. as a middle name to distinguish himself from a classmate of the same name at Columbia College. That this means D. Decius cannot be proven.