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'''Mitchell Jenkins''' (January 24, 1896 – September 15, 1977) was a [[United States|U.S.]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[United States House of Representatives|Congressional Representative]] from [[Pennsylvania]]. |
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Mitchell Jenkins was born in [[Forty Fort, Pennsylvania|Forty Fort, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania]]. He attended the [[Kingston, Pennsylvania]] public elementary schools and the [[Wyoming Seminary]] Upper School during his high school years. He graduated from [[Wesleyan University]] in [[Middletown, Connecticut]] in June 1919 and the [[New York University School of Law]] in [[New York City]] in June 1923. |
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Jenkins was admitted to the New York Bar Association in December 1923 and the Pennsylvania Bar Association in January 1924 and commenced practice in [[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania]]. He served as assistant district attorney of Luzerne County from 1938-1946. |
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In April 1917 Jenkins enlisted as a private in the [[United States Army]] and was discharged as a first lieutenant on January 2, 1919. He enlisted in the Pennsylvania National Guard as a private in January 1926 and rose through the ranks to lieutenant colonel prior to induction into Federal service on February 17, 1941. He served four and a half years during the [[World War II|Second World War]], during which time he was promoted to colonel, and was placed on inactive status on October 5, 1945. He was promoted to brigadier general (retired) in the Pennsylvania National Guard. |
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Jenkins was elected as a Republican to the [[Eightieth United States Congress|Eightieth Congress]] (January 3, 1947–January 3, 1949) and was not a candidate for reelection in 1948 to the [[Eighty-first United States Congress|Eighty-first Congress]]. He once again served as the assistant district attorney of Luzerne County in 1949, and again in 1950. Thereafter he resumed his private law practice in [[Wilkes-Barre]], where he died, aged 81. He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery in [[Shavertown, Pennsylvania]]. |
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==References== |
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*{{CongBio|J000086}} |
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*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jenkins.html The Political Graveyard] |
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==External links== |
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*{{Find a Grave|7523434}} |
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|years=1947–1949 |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = January 24, 1896 |
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| DATE OF DEATH = September 15, 1977 |
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[[Category:1896 births]] |
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[[Category:1977 deaths]] |
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[[Category:American military personnel of World War II]] |
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[[Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania]] |
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[[Category:New York University School of Law alumni]] |
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[[Category:Pennsylvania lawyers]] |
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[[Category:People from the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area]] |
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[[Category:Pennsylvania Republicans]] |
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[[Category:United States Army officers]] |
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[[Category:Wesleyan University alumni]] |
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