William L. Jenkins

William L. Jenkins

William Lewis "Bill" Jenkins (born November 29, 1936 in Detroit , Michigan ) is an American politician . Between 1997 and 2007 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Jenkins attended Rogersville High School in Tennessee until 1954 . Until 1957 he studied at the Tennessee Technical College in Cookeville . Between 1960 and 1962 he served in the US Army . After studying law at the University of Tennessee and being admitted to the bar, he began working in his new profession. He also worked as a farmer.

Politically, Jenkins joined the Republican Party . Between 1962 and 1971 he sat as a member of the House of Representatives from Tennessee , whose speaker he had been since 1969. From 1971 to 1978 he was a board member of the Tennessee Valley Authority . He was also on the advisory board of Governor Lamar Alexander . In 1988 Jenkins was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in New Orleans , where George Bush was nominated as a presidential candidate. From 1990 to 1996 he served as a district judge in Tennessee.

In the 1996 congressional elections , Jenkins was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the first constituency of Tennessee , where he succeeded Jimmy Quillen on January 3, 1997 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 2007 . During this time, the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and the Iraq war took place .

In 2006, Jenkins declined to run again. He then retired. William Jenkins is married and lives in Rogersville .

Web links

• William L. Jenkins in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)