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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jenckes, Thomas Allen 1818-1875 (search)
Jenckes, Thomas Allen 1818-1875 Legislator; born in Cumberland, R. I., Nov. 2, 1818; graduated at Brown University in 1838; admitted to the bar in 1840; served in Congress in 1862-71. He was the author of the United States bankruptcy law, which was passed in 1867; and was also one of the earliest and most prominent advocates of civil service reform. His bill in advocacy of the same was passed in 1868. He died in Cumberland, R. I., Nov. 4, 1875.