Tompkins, DANIEL D. (1774-1825), was vice-president of the United States from 1817 to 1824, but is most noteworthy for his energetic organisation of the militia of New York state—of which he was governor from 1807 to 1817—during the war with Great Britain.
Tompkins, DANIEL D.
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