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  Jenks, Arthur Byron
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NameArthur Byron Jenks
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Manchester, New Hampshire , United States
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Born October 15, 1866
DiedDecember 14, 1947 (81 years)
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InfoJENKS, Arthur Byron, a Representative from New Hampshire; born in West Dennis, Barnstable County, Mass., October 15, 1866; attended the public schools; employed as a shoe worker in 1881; engaged in the shoe manufacturing business at Manchester, N.H., 1902-1930; also became engaged in the banking business in 1917 at Manchester, N.H.; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1936 and 1940; presented his credentials as a Republican Member-elect to the Seventy-fifth Congress and served from January 3, 1937, until June 9, 1938, when he was succeeded by Alphonse Roy, who contested his election; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1943); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1942; resumed the banking business in Manchester, N.H., until his death there on December 14, 1947; interment in Pine Grove Cemetery.

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Son Chester W. Jenks 1894-1991

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  09/15/1942 NH District 1 - R Primary Lost 47.99% (-4.01%)
  11/05/1940 NH District 1 Won 51.12% (+2.25%)
  11/08/1938 NH District 1 Won 54.00% (+7.99%)
  09/13/1938 NH District 1 - R Primary Won 74.21% (+48.42%)
  11/03/1936 NH District 1 - Contest Lost 49.74% (-0.02%)
  11/03/1936 NH District 1 Won 50.01% (+0.53%)
  09/15/1936 NH District 1 - R Primary Won 43.24% (+7.88%)
  11/06/1934 NH District 1 Lost 45.98% (-7.93%)
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