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  Tompkins, Christopher
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NameChristopher Tompkins
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, Kentucky , United States
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Born March 24, 1780
DiedAugust 09, 1858 (78 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifedRBH
Dec 26, 2011 03:36pm
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TOMPKINS, Christopher, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Green County, Ky., March 24, 1780; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Glasgow; member of the State house of representatives in 1805; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1835); again a member of the State house of representatives in 1835 and 1836; presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1837; resumed the practice of law; died in Glasgow, Barren County, Ky., August 9, 1858; interment in the family burying ground at Glasgow.


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