This page is about the 19th century New York politician, for the British media personality see Jonathan Thompson

Jonathan Thompson

Jonathan Thompson, born in Salford, Greater Manchester, November 1976 is a British television presenter but he is also an actor and entrepreneur and photographic model. He is an avid collector of classic arcade games-Early life:...

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Jonathan Thompson (December 7, 1773 Islip

Islip (town), New York

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, Suffolk County, New York

Suffolk County, New York

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 - December 30, 1846 New York City

New York City

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) was an American merchant, banker and politician.

Life

He was the son of Isaac Thompson (1745-1816, judge of the Suffolk Court of Common Pleas, and member of the New York State Assembly

New York State Assembly

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 in 1795) and Mary (Gardiner) Thompson (d. 1786). He married Elizabeth Havens (1773-1868), and they had six children, among them David Thompson

David Thompson (businessman)

David Thompson was an American businessman. He was President of the New York Life Insurance and Trust Company.-Life:He was the son of Jonathan Thompson who was Collector of the Port of New York during the administrations of Presidents James Monroe and John Quincy Adams. He married Sarah Diodate...

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He was a partner in Gardiner & Thompson, a New York City import firm trading in the West Indies. From 1813 on, he was a director of the Bank of the Manhattan Company

Bank of the Manhattan Company

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President James Monroe

James Monroe

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 appointed him Collector of the Port of New York

Collector of the Port of New York

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 in November 1820. He held this office until 1829, when he was removed by President Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

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From March 1840 until his death, he was President of the Bank of the Manhattan Company

Bank of the Manhattan Company

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Sources

• The History of Long Island by Benjamin Franklin Thompson
• famousamericans.net/jonathanthompson/
• The Bankers' Magazine, and Statistical Register (Vol. 16, Part 2, page 689)