Schenck was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815–March 3, 1817).
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The destroyer USS Schenck (DD-159) was named for his maternal great-grandfather, Admiral James F. Schenck.
United States naval forces under James F. Schenck went to Cochinchina to search for missing American citizens but were met with cannon fire upon arriving.
Carl Alwyn Schenck (March 25, 1868 – May 17, 1955) was a pioneering forestry educator in North America, known for his contributions as the forester for George W. Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate, and the founder of the Biltmore Forest School, the first practical forestry school in the United States, in 1898, near Asheville, NC.
While at The Dreamer's Guild, he worked under the tutelage of Bradley W. Schenck, the Art Director of the studio.
The largest section of the reserve was later renamed Shoshone National Forest, and it is the oldest National Forest in the U.S. But it was not until 1898 when German forester Dr. Carl A. Schenck, on the Biltmore Estate, and Cornell University founded the first two forestry schools, both run by Germans.
The ideas of Sir Brandis, Sir William P.D. Schlich and Carl A. Schenck were also very influential - Gifford Pinchot, the first chief of the USDA Forest Service, relied heavily upon Brandis' advice for introducing professional forest management in the U.S. and on how to structure the Forest Service.
To get the people of England to invest, Stewart and Park got U.S. ambassador, Robert C. Schenck, a Grant appointee, to be named on the director’s list.
Through his involvement in the film business, in 1916 Joseph Schenck met and married Norma Talmadge, one of the top young stars with Vitagraph Studios.
Schenck, a member of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, introduced a bill in 1957 that would have prohibited the sale of vehicles discharging hydrocarbons in levels found dangerous by the Surgeon General.
Robert C. Schenck (1809–1890), American Civil War general and politician
Has 2½ D artwork by Morno and uses squares instead of hexes for movement.
In 1929, Menzies partnered with producer Joseph M. Schenck to create a series of early sound short films visualizing great works of music, including a 10-minute version of Dukas' The Sorcerer's Apprentice, and created the production design and special effects for Schenck's feature film The Lottery Bride (1930).