Thomas Albert Jenkins | |
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 Jenkins at aTVA committee hearing, November 23, 1938,Washington, D.C. | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's10th district | |
| In office March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1959 | |
| Preceded by | Israel M. Foster |
| Succeeded by | Walter H. Moeller |
| Member of theOhio Senate | |
| In office 1923-1924 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1880-10-28)October 28, 1880 |
| Died | December 21, 1959(1959-12-21) (aged 79) |
| Resting place | Woodland Cemetery,Ironton, Ohio |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Ohio State University College of Law |
Thomas Albert Jenkins (October 28, 1880 – December 21, 1959) was a member of the Ohio state senate and a long-servingU.S. Representative from Ohio's 10th District (from 1925 to 1959). He was born inOak Hill,Jackson County, Ohio.
Jenkins graduated from Providence College, Oak Hill, Ohio, in 1901 and received a law degree fromOhio State University at Columbus in 1907.
Jenkins was admitted to the bar that same year (1907) and commenced practice inIronton, Ohio. He was prosecuting attorney of Lawrence County, Ohio, from 1916 to 1920. In 1923 and 1924, Jenkins served in theOhio 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 toRepublican National Convention from Ohio in 1940, 1944. In 1947, he served on theHerter Committee. After theDunkirk evacuation and during theBattle of Britain Jenkins spoke out in favor of giving aid to the British and campaigned against isolationism. He had a reputation for being so outspokenly pro-British that in the 1940 election, his opponent, isolationist Democrat John P. Kelso referred to him as the "Congressman from London." Jenkins responded by calling his opponent a "Craven stooge for Herr Hitler." In March 1941, he discussed the outcome of the British raid into Norway known asOperation Claymore when news of it played on American news reels, and argued this was proof that Britain could win if only we gave them the help they needed.[1][2][3][4] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1958. Jenkins voted in favor of theCivil Rights Act of 1957.[5]
Jenkins died in 1959 and was interred at Woodland Cemetery, in Ironton, Ohio.
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