Daniel D Tompkins

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Daniel D. Tompkins (1774 – 1825) was an American politician.

He served as New York's fourth governor from 1807 to 1817 and the sixth vice president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. After graduating from Columbia College, Tompkins, who was born in Scarsdale, New York, practiced law in New York City.

He was delegated to the 1801 New York constitutional convention and served on the New York Supreme Court from 1804 to 1807.

He deposed incumbent Morgan Lewis to become Governor of New York in 1807.

He served in the office from 1807 to 1817, during the War of 1812.

He used his own money to equip and pay the militia when the legislature wasn't in session or didn't approve the required funds.

In the 1816 presidential election, Tompkins was the Democratic-Republican Party's vice presidential candidate.

Despite little Federalist resistance, James Monroe and Tompkins' ticket triumphed over limited Federalist resistance.

He served as vice president from 1817 to 1825, becoming the first 19th century vice president to serve two full terms.

He attempted another term as Governor of New York in 1820, but DeWitt Clinton defeated him.

Tompkins was in poor physical and financial condition after the War of 1812, the latter result mostly due to his commitment to the military effort during the War of 1812.

Despite receiving partial reimbursement from the federal government in 1823, he fell into alcoholism and was unable to re-establish fiscal stability.

He died in June 1825, shortly after leaving office.

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Early life, family, and career

Daniel D. Tompkins was born in Scarsdale, Westchester County, New York, on June 21, 1774, on the estate of Fox Meadow. Sarah Ann (Hyatt) and Jonathan Griffin Tompkins were his parents. Caleb Tompkins, his older brother, was a United States representative from 1817 to 1821. Daniel Tompkins graduated from Columbia College in New York City in 1795 and then studied law with James Kent and Peter Munro. He was admitted to the bar in 1797 and spent time in New York City. Despite Kent and Munro's Federalist leanings, Tompkins decided to vote as a Democratic-Republican. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention in 1801, and a member of the New York State Assembly in 1804. He was elected to the 9th United States Congress but resigned before the term was complete, instead of seeking as associate justice of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, where he served from 1804 to 1807.

Daniel Tompkins, 23, married Hannah Minthorne, the daughter of Mangle Minthorne, an assistant alderman of New York City, on February 20, 1798. Arietta Minthorn Tompkins (born July 31, 1800), who married Smith Thompson in 1818, and Mangle (Mangle) Minthorne Tompkins (October 26, 1881), who was the Free Soil Party nominee for Governor of New York in 1852, had eight children. Henry Brewerton (1801–1879), who was orphaned at a young age, was also cared for by the Tompkinses. Brewerton joined West Point in 1813 and spent as an engineer during the American Civil War and was recalled from the Army in 1867.

Tompkins was named after him, and in 1815, Tompkins and the Van Buskirk Farm in New Brighton and a property on Grymes Hill settled along the eastern shore of the island. His principal residence was located on Fort Hill, near Fort Place, which burned down in 1874.

Hannah and Minthorne were named after their mother's birth, and Hannah and Minthorne streets in Staten Island were named after them. The Westervelt Avenue on staten Island has been named after Hannah's husband. Hannah was sick in the year before her husband became Vice President, but he did not attend his inauguration. She lived in Tompkinsville, Staten Island, for nearly four years.

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