Thomas Jenkins (Wisconsin politician)

Thomas Jenkins (1801–1866) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

For others of the same name, see Thomas Jenkins.

Biography

Jenkins was born in March 1801.[1] Later, he settled in what is now Dodgeville, Wisconsin. During the Black Hawk War, Jenkins fought under the command of Henry Dodge. He was wounded in the hip during the Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1832). Jenkins died in 1866.

Political career

Jenkins was a member of the Assembly in 1848.[2] Previously, he had been a member of the Legislature of the Wisconsin Territory and a delegate to the constitutional convention to write the Constitution of Wisconsin. He was a Democrat.

References
  1. Milo M. Quaife, ed. (1919). Publications of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Madison. p. 780. Retrieved 2015-09-02. Thomas Jenkins+Wisconsin+Assembly 1848.
  2. "State Legislature". Potosi Republican. June 1, 1848. p. 2. Retrieved June 20, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
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