Cydnor Bailey Tompkins (November 8, 1810 – July 23, 1862) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a

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from

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from 1857 to 1861. He was the father of Emmett Tompkins.

Biography

Born near St. Clairsville in

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, Tompkins moved with his parents to Morgan County in 1831 and settled near McConnelsville. He completed preparatory studies, and was graduated from the

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at Athens in 1835. He studied law. He was

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in 1837 and commenced practice in McConnelsville,

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. He served as recorder of McConnelsville in 1840. He served as

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of Morgan County 1848–1851. Street commissioner of McConnelsville in 1850. He served as member of the Republican State convention in 1855.

Congress

Tompkins was elected as a

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to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861). He served as chairman of the Committee on Militia (Thirty-sixth Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1860.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law. He died in McConnelsville, Ohio, July 23, 1862. He was interred in McConnelsville Cemetery.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tompkins, Cydnor Bailey 1810 births 1862 deaths People from McConnelsville, Ohio People from St. Clairsville, Ohio Ohio University alumni County district attorneys in Ohio 19th-century American politicians Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio