David Thompson (businessman)
Encyclopedia
David Thompson was an American businessman. He was President of the New York Life Insurance and Trust Company.
who was Collector of the Port of New York
during the administrations of Presidents James Monroe
and John Quincy Adams
. He married Sarah Diodate Gardiner (ca. 1808-1891), and they had seven children.
Thompson entered the office of his father after completing his education with a concentration in the English language
, French language
, and the Classics
. Two years later he became Cashier of the United States Customs House in New York City
. Prior to obtaining the presidency of New York Life Insurance, he served successively as Cashier of the Fulton Bank and Cashier of the Bank of America.
Life
He was the son of Jonathan ThompsonJonathan Thompson (Collector)
This page is about the 19th century New York politician, for the British media personality see Jonathan Thompson.Jonathan Thompson was an American merchant, banker and politician.-Life:He was the son of Isaac Thompson This page is about the 19th century New York politician, for the British media...
who was Collector of the Port of New York
Collector of the Port of New York
The Collector of Customs at the Port of New York, most often referred to as Collector of the Port of New York, sometimes also as Collector of Customs for the Port of New York or Collector of Customs for the District of New York, was a federal officer who was in charge of the collection of import...
during the administrations of Presidents James Monroe
James Monroe
James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States . Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States, and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation...
and John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams was the sixth President of the United States . He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. Adams was the son of former...
. He married Sarah Diodate Gardiner (ca. 1808-1891), and they had seven children.
Thompson entered the office of his father after completing his education with a concentration in the English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, French language
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, and the Classics
Classics
Classics is the branch of the Humanities comprising the languages, literature, philosophy, history, art, archaeology and other culture of the ancient Mediterranean world ; especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome during Classical Antiquity Classics (sometimes encompassing Classical Studies or...
. Two years later he became Cashier of the United States Customs House in New York City
New York City
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. Prior to obtaining the presidency of New York Life Insurance, he served successively as Cashier of the Fulton Bank and Cashier of the Bank of America.
Sources
- The History of Long Island by Benjamin Franklin Thompson
- Obituary, David Thompson, New York Times, February 24, 1871, pg. 4
- His wife's death notice in NYT on March 9, 1891