John J. Jenkins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John J. Jenkins

American politician

Date of Birth: 24-Aug-1843

Place of Birth: Weymouth, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 08-Jun-1911

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About John J. Jenkins

  • John James Jenkins (August 24, 1843 – June 10, 1911) was a U.S.
  • Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Weymouth, England, Jenkins emigrated with his parents to the United States in 1852, where they settled in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
  • During the American Civil War, Jenkins served as a private with the 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
  • After the war, Jenkins became clerk of the Sauk County circuit court from 1867 to 1870.
  • Jenkins moved to Chippewa Falls in 1870, where after some time reading law he became an attorney.
  • Jenkins served briefly in the Wisconsin State Assembly before becoming a judge for Chippewa County in 1872.
  • He was United States Attorney for Wyoming Territory from 1876 until 1880, after which he returned to Chippewa Falls and resumed his law practice.In 1894, Jenkins was elected as a Republican to Wisconsin's 10th Congressional District.
  • He served as a Representative from that district for the 54th through the 57th Congress, after which he moved to Wisconsin's newly created 11th Congressional District.
  • He represented that district from the Fifty-eighth Congress to the Sixtieth Congress.
  • He served as Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee from 1903 to 1909.
  • In 1908, he was defeated in the Republican primary by Irvine Lenroot, who subsequently succeeded him as Congressman.
  • In 1910, President William Howard Taft appointed Jenkins to serve a four-year term as Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
  • Jenkins assumed that post in May 1910 but became ill and was unable to perform much judicial work.
  • He died the following year in Chippewa Falls on June 10, 1911 and was succeeded by Paul Charlton.

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