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Caleb Tompkins (December 22, 1759 – January 1, 1846) was a U.S. Representative from New York , and the brother of Vice President Daniel D. Tompkins .
Early life [ edit ]
Caleb Tompkins was born on the Fox Meadows estate near Scarsdale in the Province of New York on December 22, 1759, and was the eldest son of Jonathan G. Tompkins, a prominent judge and landowner. He was educated locally, and trained for a legal career.[1] [2]
American Revolution [ edit ]
Tompkins served as a Private in the 2nd Regiment of Westchester County Militia (Thomas's Regiment) during the American Revolution .[3] [4] [5] James Fenimore Cooper , who used a fictionalized version of it in his 1821 novel The Spy [6] [7]
Tompkins remained in the militia after the war, and was a Captain when he resigned in 1797.[8] [9]
Tompkins studied law, attained admission to the bar, and practiced in Westchester County . He also inherited Fox Meadows, where he resided throughout his life.[10]
An Anti-Federalist who became a member of the Democratic-Republican Party and later a Democrat who identified with the Bucktails and Jacksonians , he was Scarsdale's first Town Clerk , and held other local offices including Town Supervisor .[11] [12] [13]
Tompkins was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1804 to 1806.[14] Judge of the Westchester County Court from 1807 to 1820.[15]
Tompkins was elected to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses, and served from March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1821.[16]
In 1823 Tompkins returned to the position of Westchester County Judge, and he remained on the bench until his death.[17] Henry B. Cowles .
Death and burial [ edit ]
Tompkins died in Scarsdale on January 1, 1846.[18] [19] White Plains .[20]
References [ edit ]
^ Frank Lindsay Crawford, Charlotte Holmes Crawford, Morris D'Camp Crawford and His Wife, Charlotte Holmes Crawford: Their Lives, Ancestries and Descendants , 1939, page 7
^ New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record , Volume 112, 1981, page 95
^ Porter Sargent, A Handbook of New England , page 236
^ Sarah Comstock, Old Roads from the Heart of New York , 1915, page 293
^ John Thomas Scharf, editor, History of Westchester County: New York , Volume 1, Part 2, 1886, page 664
^ Hugh Hastings, State Historian, Henry Harmon Noble, Chief Clerk, Military Minutes of the Council of Appointment of the State of New York, 1783-1821. , Volume 1, 1901
^ New York State Legislature, Documents of the Senate of the State of New York , Volume 9, 1902, page 365
^ Silas Constant, Emily Warren Roebling, The Journal of the Reverend Silas Constant , 1903, page 133
^ Sean Wilentz, The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln , 2006, page 234
^ John Thomas Scharf, History of Westchester County: New York , Volume 1, 1886, page 662
^ Westchester County Board of Supervisors, Proceedings of the County Board of Legislators of Westchester County, N.Y. , 1795, page 148
^ Stephen C. Hutchins, Edgar Albert Werner, Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York , 1891, pages 464-465
^ Henry Townsend Smith, Manual of Westchester County: Past and Present , Volume 3, 1913, page 215
^ Charles Lanman, Dictionary of the United States Congress , 2006, page 379
^ Henry Townsend Smith, Manual of Westchester County: Past and Present , Volume 3, 1913, page 215
^ John Thomas Scharf, History of Westchester County: New York , Volume 1, 1886, page 662
^ Westchester County Board of Supervisors, Proceedings of the County Board of Legislators of Westchester County, N.Y. , 1795, page 148
^ Thomas E. Spencer, Where They're Buried , 1998, page 254
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