Thomas A. Jenkins
Thomas Albert Jenkins | |
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![]() at a TVA committee hearing, November 23, 1938, Washington, D.C. | |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 10th district | |
In office March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1959 | |
Preceded by | Israel M. Foster |
Succeeded by | Walter H. Moeller |
Member of the Ohio Senate | |
In office 1923-1924 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Oak Hill, Ohio | October 28, 1880
Died | December 21, 1959 Ironton, Ohio | (aged 79)
Resting place | Woodland Cemetery, Ironton, Ohio |
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | Ohio State University College of Law |
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Thomas Albert Jenkins (October 28, 1880 – December 21, 1959) was a member of the Ohio state senate and a long-serving U.S. Representative from Ohio's 10th District (from 1925 to 1959). He was born in Oak Hill, Jackson County, Ohio.
Jenkins graduated from Providence College, Oak Hill, Ohio, in 1901 and received a law degree from Ohio State University at Columbus in 1907. He was admitted to the bar that same year and commenced practice in Ironton, Ohio. He was prosecuting attorney of Lawrence County, Ohio, from 1916 to 1920. In 1923 and 1924, Jenkins served in the Ohio Senate and was a delegate to the Republican State convention in 1920 and 1924. He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth and to the sixteen succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1959). Jenkins was a delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio in 1940, 1944. In 1947, he served on the Herter Committee.[1] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1958. Jenkins voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.[2]
Jenkins died in 1959 and was interred at Woodland Cemetery, in Ironton, Ohio.
External links
- ^ "Final Report on Foreign Aid of the House Select Committee on Foreign Aid" (PDF). Marshall Foundation. May 1, 1948. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ "HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957". GovTrack.us.
- United States Congress. "Thomas A. Jenkins (id: J000088)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Thomas A. Jenkins at Find a Grave
- 1880 births
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- County district attorneys in Ohio
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- 20th-century American politicians