Caleb Tompkins

Caleb Tompkins (born December 22, 1759 in Scarsdale , Province of New York , † January 1, 1846 in Scarsdale, New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1817 and 1819 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Caleb Tompkins grew up during the British colonial era. He was a member of the New York State Assembly between 1804 and 1806 . He then served as a judge on the Court of Common Pleas and the District Court of Westchester County between 1807 and 1811 . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson . In the congressional elections of 1816 Tompkins was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of New York , where he succeeded Jonathan Ward on March 4, 1817 . Since he on a run again in 1818 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1819 Congress of. He died in Scarsdale on January 1, 1846 and was buried in the First Presbyterian Church Cemetery in White Plains . His brother was Governor Daniel D. Tompkins .

Franklin Benjamin Hough: The New York civil list , Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858, pp. 70f, 92, 178f, 310 and 866.

Caleb Tompkins in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Tompkins, Caleb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	December 22, 1759
PLACE OF BIRTH	at Scarsdale , New York
DATE OF DEATH	January 1, 1846
Place of death	Scarsdale , New York