Thomas Allen Jenckes I United States Congress Providence (1 Jan 1854 Jahr – 31 Dez 1856 Jahr)

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Dates of Service: 1854-1857

Date of Birth: November 2, 1818

Birth Place: Cumberland, Rhode Island

Education: Brown University (1838)

Occupation: Jenckes was admitted to the Rhode Island state bar in 1840. Clerk, Rhode Island State Legislature (1840-1844)

Other Offices: U.S. House of Representatives, Thirty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses, (March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1871)

Other Information: Jenckes was best known for introducing a bill that created the United States Department of Justice. President Ulysses S. Grant then signed the bill into law on June 22, 1870. Jenckes was also an avid supporter of civil service reform.

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