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.

Wilson, after deliberating, decided keeping Marshall on would demonstrate party unity ; thus in 1916 Marshall won reelection over the still divided Republican Party and became the first vice president re-elected since John C. Calhoun in 1828, and Wilson and Marshall became the first president and vice president team to be re-elected since Monroe and Tompkins in 1820.

It then included the present Seneca and Tompkins Counties, as well as part of what would become Schuyler County.

While as governor of New York, Tompkins personally borrowed money and used his own property as collateral when the New York state legislature would not approve the necessary funds for the War of 1812.

In the spring of 2011 the Landmarks Preservation Commission proposed two East Village Historic Districts, one small district covering the block of East 10th Street known as Tompkins Square North and one larger district focused around lower Second Avenue that would encompass 15 blocks and 330 buildings.

Cross and Odenkirk would go on to work with Black on producing a show for HBO for the comedy band Tenacious D which would also feature Mr. Show alumnus Paul F. Tompkins.

Van Rensselaer's political ambitions were far from over, but, as Daniel Tompkins had hoped, Van Rensselaer would never become Governor of New York: He lost the gubernatorial election in April 1813 to Tompkins – Tompkins 43, 324 votes, Van Rensselaer 39, 718.

In 1974, North appeared in what would be his last starring role in the " R " rated coming-of-age suspense thriller, The Teacher, opposite Angel Tompkins.

New York magazine reported that Best Week Ever was on an extended hiatus until January 2010 and that it would return in the fall with Paul F. Tompkins hosting.

In the mid-1990s, Alexander would often busk in Tompkins Square Park and Central Park.

As parish priest Tompkins observed firsthand the plight of the poor fishing community there and helped organize and lead what would become the Antigonish Movement of cooperative fisheries, stores, housing projects, and adult study groups.

Lady Bunny said that 2001's Wigstock would be the last, but in 2003, 2004, and 2005, Wigstock and Bunny returned to Tompkins Square, this time under the auspices of the Howl Festival.

They also feared that the hamlet of Tompkins Corners, and other residents in the area, would become isolated in a large median strip.

On the American side, Colonel Philetus Swift and Benjamin Barton wrote before the war to the Governor of New York, Daniel Tompkins, that Fort Niagara would fall to the British if a war were to be declared.

The City aldermen, to raise the tax base of the city, accepted a gift of land in 1829 from Peter Gerard Stuyvesant ( 1778 — 1847 ) with the understanding that it would remain a public space, and compensated other owners with $ 62, 000 in city funds to set aside a residential square ; transforming the muddy site took another $ 22, 000 before Tompkins Square was opened in 1834.

Some people believed positive neighborhood changes would benefit all residents of the area, bringing with it improved neighborhood safety and creating a demand for improved retail services along the major commercial strips, such as Fulton Street ( recently co-named Harriet Tubman Avenue ), Nostrand Avenue, Tompkins Avenue, Greene Avenue, Lewis Avenue, Flushing Avenue, Park Avenue, Myrtle Avenue, Dekalb Avenue, Putnam Avenue, Bedford Avenue, Marcy Avenue, Malcolm X Boulevard, Gates Avenue, Madison Street and Jefferson Avenue.

The United States Supreme Court determined in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins ( 1938 ) that the law to be applied in a diversity case would be the law of whatever state in which the action was filed.

In Pennsylvania, however, Tompkins would have been considered a trespasser.

During the War of 1812, Tompkins proved to be one of the most effective war governors.

In 1815 Tompkins established a settlement along the eastern shore of Staten Island that came to be called Tompkinsville.

* Louis Tompkins Wright, ( 1891 – 1952 ), physician, a graduate of Harvard Medical School, the first African-American physician to be appointed to the staff of a New York City municipal hospital ; notable for many scientific breakthroughs, including the introduction of intradermal smallpox vaccination.

Tompkins was already so overcrowded by 1901 that one of the upper grades had to be transferred to nearby Porter School.

When the New York Racquet and Tennis club opened, Fred Tompkins was invited to be head professional.

Supporting Ithaca's claim to be " the birthplace of the ice cream sundae ," researchers at The History Center in Tompkins County, New York, provide an account of how the sundae came to be: On Sunday, April 3, 1892 in Ithaca, John M. Scott, a Unitarian Church minister, and Chester Platt, co-owner of Platt & Colt Pharmacy, created the first historically documented sundae.

She was believed to be of both African-American and Mexican descent, but recent research by Michael Corcoran for the book / CD " He Is My Story: the Sanctified Soul of Arizona Dranes " ( Tompkins Square ) disproves Mexican heritage.

In 1806, New York State Governor Daniel D. Tompkins purchased of land from Benjamin Hewlett to be used for the lighthouse.

In 1913, ground was broken by President William Howard Taft for a proposed National American Indian Memorial that was to be built on the site of Fort Tompkins.

Live, Providence was an impressive unit that drew heavily on the combined power of Bob Barriatua's bass and Tim Tompkins ' cello, the two instruments combining to create a rock edge that could be quite intense.

1940 ), was a United States Court of Appeals decision interpreting the application of the Erie doctrine ( derived from Erie v. Tompkins ) where diversity jurisdiction is invoked in a choice of law situation, where a court in one state may be called upon to apply the laws of another state.

* Madeleine " Mimi " Tompkins, a First Officer pilot for Paradise Airlines, who has been selected for training to become a full Captain in the airline, having been the first female pilot to be hired by Paradise in 1979.

Tompkins Square Park lines Avenue A between East Seventh Street and East 10th Street. Avenue A runs north and south and is the westernmost of the avenues to be defined by letters instead of using the numbering system in the New York City borough of Manhattan.

In the last decade of the 19th Century, the community of High Shoals became totally-owned by High Shoals Mills, a textile company founded by Charlotte, North Carolina industrialist Daniel A. Tompkins.

Tompkins later became Aloha Airlines ' first female captain and remained flying the Boeing 737-200, as well as the Boeing 737-700 on transpacific routes until Aloha's last day of business.

* Gertrude Tompkins Silver – The last WASP to go missing in World War II.

Alternative comedian Neil Hamburger held a regular show at Spaceland the last Sunday of every month, inviting both mainstream ( Tom Green, Tim and Eric, Paul F. Tompkins ) and obscure acts to perform with him.

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

* Daniel D. Tompkins ( 1775-1824 ), American Vice-President

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.

Tompkins was elected Vice President on the ticket with James Monroe in 1816, and was reelected in 1820, serving from March 4, 1817, to March 4, 1825.

* 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.