Patrick W. Tompkins
U.S. Congressperson
1804 – 1853
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Who was Patrick W. Tompkins?
Patrick Watson Tompkins was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Born in Kentucky in 1804, Tompkins received a limited education. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He served as judge of the circuit court.
Tompkins was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress. He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy. He moved to California during the gold rush of 1849, and died in San Francisco, California, May 8, 1853. He was interred in Yerba Buena Cemetery.
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- Born
- 1804
Kentucky - Also known as
- Patrick Tompkins
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- May 8, 1853
San Francisco
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on July 23, 2013
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