More recently, " Twilight Zone " by 2 Unlimited was sung a cappella to the instrumentation on the comedy television series Tompkins Square.

He was born on a farm near Kosse, Texas, in Limestone County near Groesbeck, to Emma Lee Foley and John Tompkins Wills.

He established that each HOUR would be worth the equivalent of $ 10, which was about the average hourly amount that workers earned in surrounding Tompkins County, although the exact rate of exchange for any given transaction was to be decided by the parties themselves.

He was a presidential elector in 1820, voting for James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins.

Mike Tompkins, also on the MUM staff, was his running mate.

Then in 1817, in turn, a portion of Seneca County was combined with a piece of the remainder of Cayuga County to form Tompkins County.

After the resignation of Governor Tompkins, who had been elected Vice President, he won a special gubernatorial election in which he was the only candidate.

He was re-elected in 1820, defeating the sitting Vice President Tompkins in a narrow race – DeWitt Clinton 47, 447 votes, Tompkins 45, 900 – and served until December 31, 1822.

Steuben County was further reduced in size in 1854 when a portion was combined with portions of Chemung and Tompkins Counties to form Schuyler County.

In 1817, Seneca County was reduced in size by combining portions of Seneca and the remainder of Cayuga County to form Tompkins County.

This county was larger than the present Onondaga County, however, including the present Cayuga, Seneca, and Tompkins Counties.

Then in 1817, in turn, a portion of Seneca County was combined with a piece of the remainder of Cayuga County to form Tompkins County.

When counties were established in the British Province of New York in 1683, the present Tompkins County was part of Albany County.

On April 7th, 1817, Tompkins County was created by combining portions of Seneca and the remainder of Cayuga County.

The county was named after then Vice-President ( to President James Monroe ) and former New York Governor Daniel Tompkins.

In February 2008, Tompkins County was the only county in New York State in which Senator Barack Obama beat Senator Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary.

In 1804, after numerous acts of subdividing, Seneca County was formed by the splitting of Cayuga County, which, in turn, was reduced in size by combining portions of Seneca and the remainder of Cayuga County to form Tompkins County in 1817.

On 1828-04-15, was partitioned from Yates, and passed to Seneca and Tompkins Counties, mostly in the forest.

" Jane Tompkins states that the novel is one of the classics of American literature and wonders if many literary critics aren't dismissing the book because it was simply too popular during its day.

In 1956, he was awarded the Kalinga Prize by UNESCO for his work in popularizing science with his Mr. Tompkins ... series of books ( 1939 – 1967 ), his book One, Two, Three ... Infinity, and other works.

In Tompkins Square ( New York City ) the James Fountain ( 1881 ), is a Temperance fountain with the figure of Charity who empties her jug of water, aided by a child ; it was donated by Daniel Willis James and sculpted by Adolf Donndorf.

Tompkins would be the last Vice-President to be elected to two terms with the same President until Thomas R. Marshall was elected Vice-President, first in 1912 with Woodrow Wilson and again in 1916.

* 1816-U. S. presidential election, 1816: James Monroe elected president, Daniel D. Tompkins vice president

Tayler was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1813, and re-elected in 1816, on the ticket with Daniel D. Tompkins.

In 1815, a settlement was established in the neighborhood next to the existing quarantine station by Daniel D. Tompkins, who was elected Vice President the following year.

The newly formed Natural Law Party nominated scientist and researcher John Hagelin for President and Mike Tompkins for Vice President.

In March 1816, Democratic-Republican congressmen in caucus nominated Monroe for President and New York Governor Daniel D. Tompkins for Vice President.

) In 1820, President James Monroe and Vice President Daniel D. Tompkins were re-elected without needing to run any type of rigorous campaign.

President Monroe and Vice President Daniel D. Tompkins thus became de facto candidates for reelection.

In the 1816 presidential election, he received 22 electoral votes for Vice President as the running mate of Federalist Rufus King, losing to James Monroe and Governor Daniel Tompkins.

The name is in honor of Daniel D. Tompkins, who served as Governor of New York and Vice President of the United States of America.

Daniel D. Tompkins ( June 21, 1774 – June 11, 1825 ) was the fourth Governor of New York ( 1807 – 1817 ), and the sixth Vice President of the United States ( 1817 – 1825 ).

The city was named after Vice President Daniel D. Tompkins who served under President James Monroe, for whom the county was named after.

Monroe recovered, and transferring power to Vice President Daniel D. Tompkins was again never considered.

In the early 19th century, Vice President ( and former New York governor ) Daniel D. Tompkins secured a charter for the Richmond Turnpike Company, as part of his efforts to develop the village of Tompkinsville ; though intended to build a highway across Staten Island, the company also received the right to run a ferry to New York.

After Tompkins ' resignation to assume the office of Vice President of the United States, Tayler served as Acting Governor from February 24 to June 30, 1817.

On April 30, 1807, he was defeated in his run for re-election by Daniel D. Tompkins, also a future Vice President.

Here originally stood the mansion of Vice President and former New York State Governor Daniel D. Tompkins, the Anson Phelps-Stokes mansion and the Daniel Low mansion.

Staples, a merchant from Manhattan for whom the neighborhood is named, as well as Minthorne Tompkins, the son of Vice President Daniel D. Tompkins, acquired land from the Vanderbilts and laid out the streets.

Plumer also eschewed voting for Daniel D. Tompkins for Vice President as " grossly intemperate " and having " not that weight of character which his office requires ," and also " because he grossly neglected his duty " in his " only " official role as president of the Senate by being " absent nearly three-fourths of the time.

Tompkins Square Park is named for Daniel D. Tompkins ( 1774 – 1825 ), Vice President of the United States under President James Monroe and the Governor of New York from 1807 until 1817.

The majority opinion was written by future Vice President of the United States Daniel Tompkins.

* Bust of Daniel D. Tompkins, United States Senate Vice Presidential Bust Collection, United States Capitol, Washington, DC, 1891.