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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Jenkins, John James
Jenkins, John James, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Weymouth, England, August 24, 1843; attended the common schools; immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Baraboo, Wis., in June 1852; served in the Civil War as a member of Company A, Sixth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865; clerk of the circuit court of Sauk County 1867-1870; moved to Chippewa Falls, Wis., in 1870; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; city clerk and city attorney of Chippewa Falls; member of the State assembly in 1872; county judge of Chippewa County 1872-1876; appointed United States attorney for the Territory of Wyoming in March 1876 and served until 1880, when he returned to Chippewa Falls, Wis., and resumed the practice of law; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1909); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1908; appointed judge of Puerto Rico by President Taft in May 1910 and served until his death in Chippewa Falls, Wis., June 8, 1911; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Jenkins, John James," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1370 Original Sources, accessed October 7, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LABAREET1S7CB1E.
MLA: U.S. Congress. "Jenkins, John James." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1370, Original Sources. 7 Oct. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LABAREET1S7CB1E.
Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Jenkins, John James' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1370. Original Sources, retrieved 7 October 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LABAREET1S7CB1E.
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