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Christopher Tompkins (March 24, 1780 – August 9, 1858) was a
United States representative The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Artic ...
from
Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...
. He was born in Green County, Kentucky where, he completed preparatory studies. He studied
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and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in
Glasgow, Kentucky Glasgow is a home rule-class city in Barren County, Kentucky, United States. It is the seat of its county. Glasgow is the principal city of the Glasgow micropolitan area, which comprises Barren and Metcalfe counties. The population was 15,01 ...
. Tompkins was a member of the
Kentucky House of Representatives The Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly. It is composed of 100 Representatives elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. Not more than two counties can be joined to form a ...
in 1805. He was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1835). After leaving Congress, he was again a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1835 and 1836. In addition, he served as a
presidential elector In the United States, the Electoral College is the group of presidential electors that is formed every four years for the sole purpose of voting for the president and vice president in the presidential election. This process is described in ...
on the Whig ticket in 1837. He resumed the practice of law. He died in Glasgow, Kentucky in 1858 and was buried in the family burying ground at Glasgow, Kentucky.


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* *Doutrich, Paul E., III. A Pivotal Decision: The 1824 Gubernatorial Election in Kentucky. ''Filson Club History Quarterly'', 56 (January 1982): 14–29. 1780 births 1858 deaths Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives Kentucky Whigs National Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the Kentucky General Assembly {{kentucky-politician-stub