VPOTUS 006.2 - Daniel D Tompkins Part Two
Tenure of Office: March 4, 1817 - March 4, 1825
Despite talking about resigning shortly after he took office, Daniel D Tompkins managed to serve out two full terms as Vice President. His tenure, however, was filled with financial difficulties and fighting the state of New York and the federal government to resolve debts incurred during the War of 1812. Despite winning reelection, Tompkins's reputation and his health would suffer in his eight years in office. Sources used for this episode can be found at https://www.presidenciespodcast.com.
Special thanks to Alex for joining me for this episode!
Sources used for both parts of the Daniel D Tompkins episode:
- Cook, Jane Hampton. The Burning of the White House: James and Dolley Madison and the War of 1812. Washington, DC: Regnery History, 2016.
- Cunningham, Noble E, Jr. The Presidency of James Monroe. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1996.
- “Daniel D. Tompkins (1774-1825).” Find-A-Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1039/daniel-d-tompkins. [Last Accessed: 28 Aug 2024]
- Irwin, Ray W. Daniel D. Tompkins: Governor of New York and Vice President of the United States. New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1968.
- Mooney, Chase C. William H. Crawford: 1772-1834. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1974.
- Perkins, Bradford. Castlereagh and Adams: England and the United States, 1812-1823. Berkeley, CA and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1964.
Featured Image: "Daniel D Tompkins" attributed to John Wesley Jarvis [c. 1800s], courtesy of Wikipedia
