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3 unusual facts about William Miller Jenkins


William Miller Jenkins

Jenkins and his wife removed to Shelby County, Iowa, in 1880 where he was admitted to the bar in 1883.

Territorial Secretary William C. Grimes became acting Governor until President Roosevelt appointed Thompson Benton Ferguson to the Governorship on December 9, 1901.

When the Cherokee Outlet was opened to settlement on September 16, 1893, Jenkins made the race and secured a homestead in Kay County where he would continue to practice law untli he entered government service.



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