Arthur Byron Jenks | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew Hampshire's1st district | |
| In office January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943 | |
| Preceded by | Alphonse Roy |
| Succeeded by | Chester Earl Merrow |
| In office January 3, 1937 – June 9, 1938 | |
| Preceded by | William Nathaniel Rogers |
| Succeeded by | Alphonse Roy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 15, 1866 |
| Died | December 14, 1947 (aged 81) |
| Political party | Republican |
Arthur Byron Jenks (October 15, 1866 – December 14, 1947) was aU.S. Representative fromNew Hampshire.
Born inWest Dennis, Massachusetts, Jenks attended public schools. He was employed as a shoe worker in 1881. He engaged in the shoe manufacturing business atManchester, New Hampshire from 1902 to 1930. He also became engaged in the banking business in 1917 in Manchester.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1934 to theSeventy-fourth Congress and in 1936 to the next Congress. In the 1936 election, Jenks first received a plurality of 550 votes, seemingly winning the contest, but after a recount the race was tied. Both Jenks and his opponent DemocratAlphonse Roy appealed to the state ballot-law commission which considered more than 100 disputed ballots before declaring Roy the winner by 17 votes. Jenks brought forward 34 more ballots, which the commission included, making Jenks the winner. Jenks was certified the winner, but Roy contested the election at the United States House of Representatives. When the new House was sworn in, Jenks was told to "stand aside", but then he was sworn in immediately afterward, after the House passed a resolution allowing for it. Following two investigations by the House Committee on Elections it was decided that Roy had won the race by 20 votes. On June 9, 1938, more than a year after the election, the House voted that Jenks was not entitled to the seat and that Roy was.[1]
He served as delegate to theRepublican National Conventions in 1936 and 1940. He was served as aRepublican in theSeventy-fifth Congress from January 3, 1937, until June 9, 1938, when he was succeeded byAlphonse Roy, who contested his election.
Jenks was elected as a Republican to theSeventy-sixth andSeventy-seventh Congresses (January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1942.
He resumed the banking business in Manchester until his death there on December 14, 1947. He was interred in Pine Grove Cemetery.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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| Preceded by | U.S. Representative for the 1st District of New Hampshire January 3, 1937–June 9, 1938 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | U.S. Representative for the 1st District of New Hampshire January 3, 1939–January 3, 1943 | Succeeded by |
