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Nathaniel Tompkins

1879 – 1949

American judge

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Lived 1879 – 1949 (aged 69). Nathaniel Tompkins was an American judge.

Nathaniel Tompkins (May 17, 1879 – April 22, 1949) was an American politician and jurist from Maine. He served in the Maine Senate and Maine House of Representatives. He was also a justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

Early life Tompkins was born in Bridgewater, Maine on May 17, 1879. His parents were Emma F. (née Sargent) and Nathaniel Tompkins. While at Colby, he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.

As a Republican, Tompkins was elected to five terms in the Maine Legislature, including three in the Maine House of Representatives and two in the Maine Senate.

Governor Sumner Sewall appointed Tompkins to superior court on September 2, 1941, mid-way through his term as senate president. Four years later, on July 27, 1945, Governor Horace Hildreth appointed Tompkins to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Tompkins served in that position until he died in 1949.

Personal life Tompkins married Ragnhild L. Iversen on June 17, 1913. They were the parents of daughter Sigrid E. Tompkins, who also became a lawyer. Tompkins was a Freemanson.

Tompkins died on April 22, 1949 in the Aroostook County Courthouse in Houlton, Maine, at the age of 69.

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Education
Harvard Law School, Colby College, Ricker College
Positions held
Member of the Maine House of Representatives, Member of the State Senate of Maine

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Who was Nathaniel Tompkins?

American judge (1879–1949)

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Nathaniel Tompkins was born on 17 May 1879.

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Nathaniel Tompkins died on 22 April 1949.

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Nathaniel Tompkins was a judge.

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Nathaniel Tompkins was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Nathaniel Tompkins

· Wikidata: Q21070376

· DBpedia: Nathaniel Tompkins

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