William Miller Jenkins

William Miller Jenkins (born April 25, 1856 in Alliance , Ohio , † October 19, 1941 in Sapulpa , Oklahoma ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ).

Life

Jenkins was governor of the Oklahoma Territory from May 1901 to November 1901 and was removed from office on November 30 by US President Theodore Roosevelt . He trained as a lawyer. In 1893 he was admitted as such and went to Arkansas City to open a law firm there. He bought a farm in the Kay district. After his tenure and after a few years in California, he moved back to Oklahoma and lived in Sapulpa.

politics

From 1897 to 1901 he was a minister in Oklahoma. Criticism of his handling of events in a private sanatorium in Norman and the simultaneous death of President William McKinley (presumably a Jenkins sponsor) led to the impeachment by his successor Roosevelt only a few months after Jenkins took office.

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SURNAME	Jenkins, William Miller
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	April 25, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH	Alliance , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH	October 19, 1941
Place of death	Sapulpa , Oklahoma