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Daniel D. Tompkins (June 21, 1774 – June 11, 1825) was an American politician. He was the fourth governor of New York from 1807 to 1817, and the sixth vice president of the United States from 1817 to 1825.
Apr 11, 2024 · Daniel D. Tompkins (born June 21, 1774, Scarsdale, New York, U.S.—died June 11, 1825, Staten Island, New York) was the sixth vice president of the United States (1817–25) in the administration of Pres. James Monroe.
Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, 1804-1807. Daniel D. Tompkins was born in Westchester County, New York on June 21, 1774. He was educated at the Academy of North Salem where he was recognized as an exceptional scholar and a gifted essayist.
Tompkins was first elected governor of New York in 1807 and was subsequently reelected in 1810, 1813, and 1816, serving until he became vice president in 1817. As governor, he was part of the Democratic-Republican Party. He stressed education and more humane treatment of prisoners.
American designer who established in New York one of the USA's largest iron-foundries, and manufactured cast-iron kits-of-parts for entire buildings at his Architectural Iron Works, including the Haughwout Store, Broadway, NYC (1856).
Jan 17, 2017 · 195 years ago today, in 1813, Daniel D. Tompkins (1774-1825) became the first Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council for the newly established Northern Masonic Jurisdiction for the Scottish Rite in the United States, a position he held until his death in 1825.
Governor of New York. 1817-1825: Vice President of the United States. 1821: Delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention. SOURCES: Senate Historical Office. Biographical Directory of Congress. U.S. House of Representatives. Historical Society of the New York Courts. New York Hall of Governors.
