| LC control no. | no2017041984 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Jenkins, W. M. (William Miller), 1856-1941 |
| Variant(s) | Jenkins, William Miller, 1856-1941 |
| Located | Arkansas City (Kan.) Newkirk (Okla.) |
| Birth date | 1856-04-25 |
| Death date | 1941-10-19 |
| Place of birth | Alliance (Ohio) |
| Place of death | Sapulpa (Okla.) |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Governors |
| Found in | Political death by assassin's bullet : the story of William M. Jenkins and his family, 1970: title page (by W.W. Jenkins, from the personal papers of William M. Jenkins) Oklahoma lives, unpublished manuscript, 2016 (Jenkins, W. M.; William M. Jenkins, 1856-1941; Oklahoma Territorial governor; born in Ohio in 1856; moved to Arkansas City, Kansas; homestead near Newkirk, Kay County, OK) Wikipedia, April 4, 2017 (William Miller Jenkins; William Miller Jenkins (April 25, 1856--October 19, 1941) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who briefly served as the 5th Governor of Oklahoma Territory; the son of Henry J. and Lydia (Miller) Jenkins, William Miller Jenkins was born at Alliance, Stark County, Ohio; he attended public schools and Mt. Union College at Alliance; Jenkins taught school in Stark County from 1876 until 1878; on December 21, 1878, Jenkins married Delphina White of Doublin, Indiana; Jenkins and his wife moved to Shelby County, Iowa, in 1880 where he was admitted to the bar in 1883; in 1884 he established his residence at Arkansas City, Kansas, where he operated a private law practice; in 1888, he served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention; when the Cherokee Outlet was opened to settlement on September 16, 1893, causing a land-rush, Jenkins succeeded in securing a homestead in Kay County where he would continue to practice law until he entered government service; when President William McKinley appointed Cassius McDonald Barnes as Governor of Oklahoma Territory, he also appointed Jenkins to serve as the Territory's Secretary. Jenkins assumed that position in June 1897 and served for four years until President McKinley elevated him to the governorship; Jenkins took the oath of office on April 15, 1901; during his administration, the Comanche-Kiowa-Apache and the Wichita-Caddo Indian reservations were opened for settlement in August 1901; President Theodore Roosevelt removed Jenkins from office on November 30, 1901; subsequent to his retirement, Governor Jenkins spent a few years in California but upon his return to Oklahoma, settled at Sapulpa, Oklahoma and in 1920 was elected Court Clerk of Creek County, Oklahoma; he died at Sapulpa on October 19, 1941 and is buried in the South Heights Cemetery near that city) |
| Associated language | eng |
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