Arthur S. Tompkins
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Arthur Sidney Tompkins (August 26, 1865 - January 20, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Middleburg, New York, Tompkins moved with his parents to West Nyack, New York, in 1866. He attended the public schools of Clarkstown and Nyack until 1878. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1886 and commenced practice in Nyack, New York. Police justice of Nyack, New York from 1887 to 1889.
Tompkins was elected chairman of the Rockland County Republican committee in 1888. He served as member of the State assembly in 1890. He served as delegate to all Republican State conventions from 1888 to 1906. He served as delegate or alternate to all Republican National Conventions from 1888 to 1900. County judge and surrogate of Rockland County 1893-1898.
Tompkins was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1903). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1902. He resumed the practice of law in Nyack, New York.
Tompkins was elected justice of the supreme court of New York in 1906. He was reelected in 1920 and 1934. Raised to the appellate division of the supreme court of New York in January 1930 and served until his retirement in 1936. He died in Nyack, New York, January 20, 1938. He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery.
