About Oscar Tompkins
Lived 1883 – 1969 (aged 85). Oscar Tompkins was an American lawyer.
Oscar Lealon Tompkins (Belgreen, Alabama, 26 October 1883 - 28 June 1969 ) was an Alabama lawyer and state representative. He married Louisa Amanda Deason on 29 April 1916.
Career Practicing in the small town of Dothan, Alabama, he was particularly concerned to keep "shysters," by which he probably meant Jewish personal injury lawyers, out of his city. Tompkins was working in a long tradition of Alabama resistance toward "Shylock" which was codified in the code of ethics of the Alabama State Bar—most of whose members were also members of the Ku Klux Klan. From 1928 to 1929, he was the president of the Alabama State Bar.
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Who was Oscar Tompkins?
American lawyer (1883–1969)
When was Oscar Tompkins born?
Oscar Tompkins was born on 26 October 1883 in Belgreen.
When did Oscar Tompkins die?
Oscar Tompkins died on 28 June 1969 in Dothan.
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Oscar Tompkins was a lawyer.
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Oscar Tompkins was American.
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