Robert Jenkins (Pennsylvania)
| Robert Jenkins | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 3rd district |
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In office March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1811 |
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| Preceded by |
Isaac Anderson John Whitehill |
| Succeeded by |
Roger Davis John M. Hyneman Joseph Lefever |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 10, 1769 Caernarvon Township, Pennsylvania |
| Died | April 18, 1848 (aged 78) Caernarvon Township, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Federalist |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine Carmichael |
Robert Jenkins (July 10, 1769 – April 18, 1848) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Robert Jenkins was born in Windsor Forges, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and the select school of Dr. Robert Smith of Pequea. He was an ironmaster in Caernarvon Township, and a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1804 and 1805.
He was elected as a Federalist to the Tenth and Eleventh Congresses. He was a member of a Group of Horse, and took an active part in suppressing the Whisky Insurrection in Pennsylvania.
He married Catherine Carmichael (1775–1853). They had two sons and six daughters: David Jenkins (1800–1850) and John Carmichael Jenkins (1809–1855), Elizabeth Jenkins (1803–1870), Mary Jenkins (1805–1859), Martha Jenkins (1805–1890), Phoebe Ann Jenkins (1807–1872), Catharine Jenkins (1812–1886), and Sarah Jenkins (1817-unknown).
He died at Windsor Forges in 1848. He was buried in the Caernarvon Presbyterian Churchyard in Churchtown, Pennsylvania.
He was a grandfather of noted American sculptor and poet Blanche Nevin (1841–1925).
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