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American politician
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Place of birth
Kentucky, U.S.A.
Place of death
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, U.S.A.
Age
49 years
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Biography
Patrick Watson Tompkins (unknown – May 8, 1853) 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 (March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Thirtieth Congress). 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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