Arthur Byron Jenks was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from New Hampshire

New Hampshire

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.

Born in West Dennis, Massachusetts

West Dennis, Massachusetts

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, Jenks attended public schools. He was employed as a shoe worker in 1881. He engaged in the shoe manufacturing business at Manchester, New Hampshire

Manchester, New Hampshire

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 from 1902 to 1930. He also became engaged in the banking business in 1917 in Manchester.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress

74th United States Congress

-House:Also 2 Delegates, 3 Resident Commissioners-Senate:*President of the Senate: John N. Garner *President pro tempore: Key Pittman -Majority leadership:*Majority leader: Joseph T. Robinson...

. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention

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s in 1936 and 1940. He was served as a Republican

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 in the Seventy-fifth Congress

75th United States Congress

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 from January 3, 1937, until June 9, 1938, when he was succeeded by Alphonse Roy

Alphonse Roy

Alphonse Roy was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.Born in Saint-Simon, Quebec, Canada, Roy moved to Manchester, New Hampshire, in 1901...

, who contested his election.

Jenks was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth

76th United States Congress

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 and Seventy-seventh

77th United States Congress

-Major events:* December 7, 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor* December 8, 1941: Joint Session of Congress met to hear President Roosevelt deliver his "Day of Infamy" speech...

Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1943). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1942.

He resumed the banking business in Manchester until his death there on December 14, 1947. He was interred in Pine Grove Cemetery.