Tomkins, Daniel D
vice-president of the United States, was born June 21, 1774, in New York. He was admitted to practice in the city of New York in 1797.
He served in the state legislature. He was elected a representative in congress from 1805 to 1807; and resigned to accept an appointment as an associate judge of the supreme court of the state. In 1807 he was elected governor of the state, and held that office two years. In 1817 he resigned the office of governor; was elected vice-president of the United States; and served two years. He died June 11, 1825, on Staten Island, N. Y.
TOMLINSON, EVERETT TITSWORTH, clergyman, author, was born in 1859 in New York. He is a baptist clergyman of Elizabeth, N. J., popular as a writer of juvenile tales, among which are, The Search for Andrew Field; The Boy Soldiers of 1812; The Boy Officers of 1812; Three Colonial Boys; Tecumseh's Young Braves; and Three Young Continentals.