Cydnor Bailey Tompkins was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Ohio

Ohio

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, father of Emmett Tompkins

Emmett Tompkins

Emmett Tompkins was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, son of Cydnor Bailey Tompkins.Born in McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio, Tompkins moved to Athens County, Ohio, in 1865....

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Born near St. Clairsville

St. Clairsville, Ohio

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 in Belmont County, Ohio

Belmont County, Ohio

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, Tompkins moved with his parents to Morgan County

Morgan County, Ohio

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 in 1831 and settled near McConnelsville

McConnelsville, Ohio

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He completed preparatory studies, and was graduated from the Ohio University

Ohio University

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 at Athens in 1835.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar

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 in 1837 and commenced practice in McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio

Morgan County, Ohio

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He served as recorder of McConnelsville in 1840.
He served as prosecuting attorney of Morgan County 1848-1851.
Street commissioner of McConnelsville in 1850.
He served as member of the Republican State convention in 1855.

Tompkins was elected as a Republican

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 to the Thirty-fifth

35th United States Congress

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 and Thirty-sixth

36th United States Congress

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

External links

• Slavery: What it was, what it has done, what it intends to do Speech of Hon. Cydnor B. Tompkins, of Ohio