Thomas A. Jenkins

Thomas Albert Jenkins
File:Thomas A. Jenkins hec.25440.jpg at a TVA committee hearing, November 23, 1938, Washington, D.C.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's tenth district
In office March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1959
Preceded by	Israel M. Foster
Succeeded by	Walter H. Moeller
Personal details
Born	(1880-10-28)October 28, 1880 Jackson County, Ohio
Died	Ironton, Ohio
Resting place	Woodland Cemetery, Ironton, Ohio
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Ohio State University College of Law

For other people named Thomas Jenkins, see Thomas Jenkins (disambiguation).

Thomas Albert Jenkins (October 28, 1880 – December 21, 1959) of Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio was a member of the Ohio state senate and a long-serving U.S. Representative from Ohio's 10th District (from 1925 to 1959). He was born in Jackson County, Ohio.

Jenkins graduated from Providence College, Oak Hill, Ohio, in 1901 and received a law degree from Ohio State University at Columbus in 1907. He was admitted to the bar that same year and commenced practice in Ironton, Ohio. He was prosecuting attorney of Lawrence County, Ohio, from 1916 to 1920. In 1923 and 1924, Jenkins served in the Ohio 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 to Republican National Convention from Ohio in 1940, 1944. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1958.

Jenkins died in 1959 and was interred at Woodland Cemetery, in Ironton, Ohio.

External links

• Thomas Jenkins at Find-A-Grave

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Israel M. Foster	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 10th congressional district March 4, 1925–January 3, 1959	Succeeded by Walter H. Moeller