- Emmett Tompkins
Emmett Tompkins (
September 1 ,1853 -December 18 ,1917 ) was a U.S. Representative fromOhio , son ofCydnor Bailey Tompkins .Born in McConnelsville,
Morgan County, Ohio , Tompkins moved toAthens County, Ohio , in 1865.He attended the public schools andOhio University at Athens.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1875 and commenced practice inAthens, Ohio . City solicitor in 1876 and 1877.He served as mayor of Athens 1877-1879.He served asprosecuting attorney of Athens County in 1879.He served as delegate to the Republican State conventions in 1879, 1881, and 1883.He served as member of theOhio House of Representatives 1886-1890.He moved toColumbus, Ohio , in 1889.He served as member of the board of trustees ofOhio University .Tompkins was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh Congress (
March 4 ,1901 -March 3 ,1903 ).He resumed the practice of law inColumbus, Ohio .He was appointed trustee ofOhio University in 1908.He died inColumbus, Ohio ,December 18 ,1917 .He remains were cremated inCincinnati, Ohio , and the ashes returned to his home inColumbus, Ohio .ource
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