U.S. Vice President Daniel D. Tompkins born 240 years ago today (June 21 1774)

(Tuesday, June 21, 1774)Daniel D. Tompkins, the sixth Vice President of the United States, was born today in Scarsdale, Westchester County, New York, at his home, the estate of Fox Meadow. The future Governor of New York would serve as vice president under President James Monroe, a Democratic-Republican, from 1817 to 1825.