Background
Jenckes, Thomas Allen was born on November 2, 1818 in Cumberland, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Thomas B. and Abigail W. (Allen) Jenckes.
United States representative politician
Jenckes, Thomas Allen was born on November 2, 1818 in Cumberland, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Thomas B. and Abigail W. (Allen) Jenckes.
Graduate Brown University, 1838, honorary Doctor of Laws, 1873.
Jenckes was best known for introducing a bill that created the United States Department of Justice. President Ulysses South. Grant then signed the bill into law on June 22, 1870. Jenckes was also an avid supporter of civil service reform.
Jenckes graduated from Brown University in 1838.
Jenckes was admitted to the Rhode Island state bar in 1840. He was clerk in the Rhode Island state legislature from 1840 until 1844.
He was elected as Republican to the United States Congress in 1863 and served until 1871 when he lost a bid for reelection. He then resumed the practice of law in Cumberland, Rhode Island.
Jenckes died on November 4, 1875 and is interred at Swan Point Cemetery in Providence, Rhode Island.
Member United States House of Representatives from Rhode Island, 38th-41st congresses, 1863-1871.
Married Mary Fuller, 1842, 7 children.