Patrick W. Tompkins

Patrick Watson Tompkins was an American lawyer, jurist and politician who served one term as a United States [House of Representatives|U.S. representative] from Mississippi from 1847 to 1849.

Biography

Born in Kentucky in 1804, Tompkins received a limited education. He studied law, and was Admission to [the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar] and commenced practice in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
He served as judge of the circuit court.

Congress

Tompkins was elected as a Whig to the 30th [United States Congress|Thirtieth] Congress. He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy.

Later career and death

He moved to California during the gold rush of 1849, and died in San Francisco, California, May 8, 1853. He was interred in Yerba Buena Cemetery, and later moved around 1870 to Golden [Gate Cemetery (San Francisco, California)|Golden Gate Cemetery].