Elisha Jenkins

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Elisha Jenkins (* 1772 in Providence , Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , † May 18, 1848 in New York City ) was an American trader and politician .

Career

Elisha Jenkins was born during the reign of King George III. Born into a Quaker family in Providence. His childhood was overshadowed by the War of Independence . 1784, the family settled in Hudson ( New York down). Jenkins later lived in Albany, New York. There he was one of the first prominent Quakers. Jenkins was a dry goods trader . He was a partner at Wendell & Jenkins and Thomas Jenkins & Sons. In 1792 he married Catherine Green (around 1771-1835) from Providence (Rhode Island). After her death, he married his second wife, Hannah.

Jenkins was a member of the Federalist Party at the beginning , but when his close political friend Ambrose Spencer converted to the Democratic Republican Party in 1798 , he joined him. In 1795 and 1798 Jenkins was a member of the New York State Assembly for Columbia County . Jenkins was Columbia County's Treasurer from 1798 to 1802 and New York State Comptroller from 1801 to 1806 . Then he held the post of Secretary of State of New York from 1806 to 1807, from 1808 to 1810 and from 1811 to 1813 . After his first term as Secretary of State ended, he was attacked on a street in Albany in April 1807 by Solomon Van Rensselaer , a federalist of whom Jenkins was a passionate critic. Jenkins then sued him for damages. He was awarded $ 2,500  . During the British-American War, Jenkins held the post of Quartermaster General in the Northern Department. From 1816 to 1819 he was Mayor of Albany. In the presidential election in 1840 , he was elector .

He died in New York City in 1848 and was then buried in Hudson, New York.

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SURNAME Jenkins, Elisha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American trader and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1772
PLACE OF BIRTH Providence , Rhode Island
DATE OF DEATH May 18, 1848
Place of death New York City