The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Tomlison to Tomson

Index to Politicians: Tomlison to Tomson

TOMLISON (Soundex T542) — See also BOTTOMLEY, BOTTOMLY, CRUMLISH, ISON, OMLIE, TOMLIN, TOMLINSON.

Tomlison, F. E. — of Castalia (unknown county), S.Dak. Member of South Dakota state senate 8th District, 1889-90. Burial location unknown.

TOMMASULO (Soundex T524) — See also ARSULOWICZ, BOMMARITO, CASULA, COMMANDER, FASULLO, KOMMAREDDI, MASURY, SOMMA, STOMMEL, TOMASELLO, WOMMACK.

Tommasulo, Margaret E. — of Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for New York state assembly from Queens County 9th District, 1964. Female. Still living as of 1964.

TOMPKA (Soundex T512) — See also THOMPKINS, TOMPKINS, TOMPKISON, TOMPOS, TOMPPERT, TOMPSON, TUMPACH.

Tompka, Louis — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. American Labor candidate for New York state assembly from New York County 12th District, 1938. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

TOMPKINS (Soundex T512) — See also HAMPKIN, HOPKINS, HOPKINSON, LAMPKIN, LUMPKIN, SIMPKINS, THOMPKINS, TOMKINS, TOMPKA, TOMPKISON, TOMPOS, TOMPPERT, TOMPSON.

TOMPKINS: See also Daniel Duane Tompkins Farnsworth; Tompkins H. Matteson.
Tompkins, Arthur H. — of Phoenixville, Chester County, Pa. Burgess of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, 1937. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
Tompkins, Arthur S. — of Albany County, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for New York state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1919. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
Tompkins, Arthur Sidney (1865-1938) — also known as Arthur S. Tompkins — of Nyack, Rockland County, N.Y. Born in Middleburgh, Schoharie County, N.Y., August 26, 1865. Republican. Lawyer; chair of Rockland County Republican Party, 1888; member of New York state assembly from Rockland County, 1890; Rockland County Surrogate, 1893-98; U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1899-1903; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904; Justice of New York Supreme Court 9th District, 1907-36; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1933. Died in Nyack, Rockland County, N.Y., January 20, 1938. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack, N.Y.
- Cross-reference: Natalie F. Couch
- See also: congressional biography.
Tompkins, Bernard — of Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Republican. Member of New York state senate 8th District, 1956; defeated, 1954, 1956. Still living as of 1956.
Tompkins, Caleb (1759-1846) — of Westchester County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1759. Brother of Daniel D. Tompkins. Member of New York state assembly from Westchester County, 1804-06; U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1817-21. Died in 1846. Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, White Plains, N.Y.
- See also: congressional biography.
Tompkins, Calvin — of New York, New York County, N.Y. National Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 10th District, 1896. Burial location unknown.
Tompkins, Calvin — of Tomkins Cove, Rockland County, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1920. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
Tompkins, Christopher (1780-1858) — of Glasgow, Barren County, Ky. Born in Kentucky, 1780. Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1805; U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1831-35 (10th District 1831-33, 3rd District 1833-35). Died in 1858. Interment in private or family graveyard.
- See also: congressional biography.
Tompkins, Cydnor Bailey (1810-1862) — of Ohio. Born in Ohio, 1810. Father of Emmett Tompkins. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1857-61. Died in 1862. Interment at McConnelsville Cemetery, McConnelsville, Ohio.
- See also Tompkins family of Ohio
- See also: congressional biography.
Tompkins, Daniel D. (1774-1825) — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Born in Scarsdale, Westchester County, N.Y., June 21, 1774. Son of Jonathan G. Tompkins; brother of Caleb Tompkins; married 1798 to Hannah Minthorne. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1801, 1821; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1802-03; U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1805; Governor of New York, 1807-17; Vice President of the United States, 1817-25. Presbyterian or Christian Reformed. Member, Freemasons. Died in Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., June 11, 1825. Entombed at St. Mark's Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y. Tompkins County, N.Y. is named for him.
- See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
Tompkins, Daniel F. — of Essex County, N.J. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1855. Burial location unknown.
Tompkins, Daniel H. — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1856 (Speaker). Burial location unknown.
Tompkins, Edward D. — of Middletown, Orange County, N.Y. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900. Burial location unknown.
Tompkins, Emmett (1853-1917) — of Athens, Athens County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio, September 1, 1853. Grandson-in-law of John Welch; son of Cydnor Bailey Tompkins. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Athens, Ohio, 1878-79; resigned 1879; member of Ohio state legislature, 1886; U.S. Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1901-03. Died in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, December 18, 1917. Cremated.
- See also Tompkins family of Ohio
- See also: congressional biography.
Tompkins, Flint — of El Dorado, Butler County, Kan. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1944. Still living as of 1944.
Tompkins, Gilbert — of Madison County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Madison County 1st District, 1855. Burial location unknown.
Tompkins, Gordon See J. Gordon Tompkins
Tompkins, Harvey A. — of Bridgewater, Aroostook County, Maine. Republican. Member of Maine state house of representatives from Aroostook County (5th), 1931-32. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
Tompkins, Horace A. — of Cambria County, Pa. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1915-20. Burial location unknown.
Tompkins, Hugh B. — of Bullock County, Ala. Delegate to Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment from Bullock County, 1933. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
Tompkins, Ira — of Niagara County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Niagara County 2nd District, 1855. Burial location unknown.
Tompkins, J. Gordon — of Beacon, Dutchess County, N.Y. Mayor of Beacon, N.Y., 1944; appointed 1944; resigned 1944. Still living as of 1944.
Tompkins, Jonathan G. — of Westchester County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Westchester County, 1780-82, 1785-88, 1790-92. Burial location unknown.
Tompkins, Kenneth O. (born c.1907) — of Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa. Republican. Mayor of Johnstown, Pa., 1964-71; resigned 1971; indicted in January 1971 on bribery-conspiracy charges over acceptance of money from Teleprompter Corporation for a cable television franchise; pleaded guilty and testified against others. Still living as of 1971.
Tompkins, Leslie Jay — also known as Leslie J. Tompkins — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1905-06. Interment at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
Tompkins, Marjorie J. — of Upper Nyack, Rockland County, N.Y. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932; member of New York Republican State Committee, 1936. Female. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
Tompkins, Minthorne — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1833-34; member of New York state senate 1st District, 1840-41; resigned 1841; Presidential Elector for New York, 1856. Burial location unknown.
Tompkins, Nathaniel (1879-1949) — of Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine. Born in Bridgewater, Aroostook County, Maine, May 17, 1879. Son of Nathaniel Tompkins and Emma F. (Sargent) Tompkins; married, June 17, 1913, to Ragnhild L. Iversen; father of Sigrid E. Tompkins. Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives from Aroostook County (3rd), 1931-32; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1935; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1936; member of Maine state senate, 1941; superior court judge in Maine, 1941-45; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1945-49; died in office 1949. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons. Died April 22, 1949. Burial location unknown.
Tompkins, Patrick Watson (1804-1853) — of Mississippi. Born in Kentucky, 1804. U.S. Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1847-49. Died in 1853. Original interment at Yerba Buena Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.; subsequent interment at Golden Gate Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.; reinterment to unknown location.
- See also: congressional biography.
Tompkins, Perry T. — of Berkeley, Alameda County, Calif. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1928. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
Tompkins, R. H. — U.S. Attorney for New Mexico, 1858-60. Burial location unknown.
Tompkins, Ralph H. — U.S. Vice Consul in Batavia, 1922. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
Tompkins, Richard — of Dutchess County, N.Y. Candidate for New York state assembly from Dutchess County 1st District, 1900. Burial location unknown.
Tompkins, Richard W. — of Fairmont, Marion County, W.Va. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1932. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
Tompkins, Rick — of Arizona. Libertarian. Candidate for U.S. Senator from Arizona, 1988. Still living as of 1988.
Tompkins, Roger W. — of Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Democrat. Member of West Virginia state house of delegates 17th District; elected 1974. Still living as of 1974.
Tompkins, Sigrid E. (born c.1915) — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Daughter of Nathaniel Tompkins and Ragnhild (Iversen) Tompkins. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1948. Female. Still living as of 1948.
Tompkins, W. S. — of West Pittston, Luzerne County, Pa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904. Burial location unknown.
Tompkins, Walter — of Essex County, N.J. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1862-63. Burial location unknown.
Tompkins, Willard H. — of Dutchess County, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for New York state assembly from Dutchess County 1st District, 1926. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
Tompkins, William F. — U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, 1953-54. Still living as of 1954.

TOMPKISON (Soundex T512) — See also ADKISON, DICKISON, GILKISON, HAMPKIN, LAMPKIN, LUMPKIN, MEEKISON, SIMPKINS, THOMPKINS, TOMPKA, TOMPKINS, TOMPOS, TOMPPERT, TOMPSON, WILKISON.

Tompkison, Catherine — of San Jose, Santa Clara County, Calif. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 2004. Female. Still living as of 2004.

TOMPOS (Soundex T512) — See also CAMPOS, COMPO, COMPOSTO, COMPOTARO, POMPONIO, SOMPOLINSKY, THOMPON, TOMPKA, TOMPKINS, TOMPKISON, TOMPPERT, TOMPSON.

Tompos, Raymond — of Weirton, Hancock County, W.Va. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1972. Still living as of 1972.
Tompos, William (b. 1914) — of Weirton, Hancock County, W.Va. Born in Monongahela, Washington County, Pa., February 17, 1914. Son of Rudolph Stephen Tompos and Mary Martha (Dugan) Tompos; married, May 9, 1942, to Helen Bambrick. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; business agent, Local 1574, Carpenters Union; building inspector; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Hancock County, 1957-58; member of West Virginia state senate 1st District, 1961-72; defeated, 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1972. Christian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Still living as of 1972.

TOMPPERT (Soundex T516) — See also DROMPP, JUMPP, KEMPPAINEN, KLUMPP, PERT, TEMPORITI, TOMPKA, TOMPKINS, TOMPKISON, TOMPOS, TOMPSON.

Tomppert, Phil. — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Mayor of Louisville, Ky., 1865, 1867-68. Burial location unknown.

TOMPSON (Soundex T512) — See also COMPSON, THOMPSON, TIMPSON, TOMPKA, TOMPKINS, TOMPKISON, TOMPOS, TOMPPERT, TOMSON, TUMPSON.

Tompson, J. R., Jr. — of Columbus, Muscogee County, Ga. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1944. Still living as of 1944.

TOMS (Soundex T520) — See also BOTTOMS, LUTOMSKI, MOST, MOTTS, SMOOT, STOMS, TAMS, THOMS, TIMMS, TIMS, TOMAS, TOMSEN, TOMSETH, TOMSIC, TOMSKI, TOMSON.

Toms, Charles French — of Hendersonville, Henderson County, N.C. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1908. Burial location unknown.
Toms, Robert M. — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Republican. Circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1929-59; appointed 1929. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

TOMSEN (Soundex T525) — See also BOTTOMS, DOMSER, HARMSEN, LUTOMSKI, METSON, MOMSEN, MONTES, OSMENT, REMSEN, SMEETON, STOMS, THOMSEN, THOMSSEN, TOMS, TOMSETH, TOMSIC, TOMSKI, TOMSON, WILHELMSEN.

Tomsen, Peter (b. 1940) — of California. Born in 1940. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, 1995-. Still living as of 1997.

TOMSETH (Soundex T523) — See also BOTTOMS, DOMSER, LUTOMSKI, MOMSEN, SETH, STOMS, THOMSEN, TOMASSETTI, TOMS, TOMSEN, TOMSIC, TOMSKI, TOMSON.

Tomseth, Victor L. (b. 1941) — of Oregon. Born in 1941. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Laos, 1993-96. Still living as of 1996.

TOMSIC (Soundex T522) — See also BOTTOMS, HELMSING, LEIMSIDER, LUTOMSKI, STOMS, TOMASEK, TOMASIK, TOMS, TOMSEN, TOMSETH, TOMSKI, TOMSON.

Tomsic, Albert Jack (b. 1925) — also known as Albert J. Tomsic — of Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colo. Born in Delagua, Las Animas County, Colo., April 26, 1925. Son of Frank L. Tomsic and Mary (Jerman) Tomsic; married, August 20, 1955, to Patricia Ann Sudar. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; member of Colorado state house of representatives, 1953-62; Speaker of the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1961-62; Huerfano County Attorney; candidate for U.S. Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1962. Catholic. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Still living as of 1962.

TOMSKI (Soundex T520) — See also ADAMSKI, BOTTOMS, CHAMSKI, DOMSKE, LUKOMSKI, LUTOMSKI, NIEWIADOMSKI, OBREMSKI, STOMS, TOMASEK, TOMASIK, TOMS, TOMSEN, TOMSETH, TOMSIC, TOMSON, ZALEMSKI.

Tomski, Bolesau — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Socialist. Candidate for Michigan state senate 2nd District, 1932. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

TOMSON (Soundex T525) — See also ABROMSON, BOTTOMS, LUTOMSKI, MALCOMSON, STOMS, THOMSON, TOMPSON, TOMS, TOMSEN, TOMSETH, TOMSIC, TOMSKI.

Tomson, W. P. — Republican. Presidential Elector for Oklahoma, 1956. Still living as of 1956.

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