Bill Jenkins (politician)
| Bill Jenkins | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 1st district |
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In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Jimmy Quillen |
| Succeeded by | David Davis |
| 75th Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives | |
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In office January 1969 – May 1970 |
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| Governor | Buford Ellington |
| Preceded by | James H. Cummings |
| Succeeded by | James R. McKinney |
| Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives |
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In office January 1963 – May 1970 |
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| Preceded by | Hugh S. Moles |
| Succeeded by | Bruce Hurley |
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November 29, 1936 Detroit, Michigan |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Kathryn Jenkins |
| Residence | Rogersville, Tennessee |
| Alma mater |
Tennessee Tech University University of Tennessee |
| Occupation | attorney, farmer |
| Religion | Baptist |
William Lewis "Bill" Jenkins (born November 29, 1936) is a politician from the state of Tennessee. He represented the state's 1st Congressional district, centered on the Tri-Cities (map), from 1997 until his successor was sworn in on January 3, 2007.
Jenkins was born in Detroit, Michigan to parents from Rogersville, Tennessee. He is a seventh-generation Tennessean. He served in the United States Army from 1959 to 1960, and graduated from Tennessee Technological University and the University of Tennessee College of Law.
Jenkins was elected to the Tennessee General Assembly as a Republican in 1962 and he served as Speaker of the House from 1969 to 1971—the first Republican to hold that position since a few years after Reconstruction, and the last one until Kent Williams in 2009. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for Governor of Tennessee in 1970, was a Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Conservation, serving in the Cabinet of Winfield Dunn, and according to his website biography, he was a senior policy advisor on energy and legislative issues for Governor Lamar Alexander.
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