Almet Francis Jenks

Almet Francis Jenks
Birthdate:	May 21, 1853
Death:	September 18, 1924 (71)
Immediate Family:	Son of Grenville Tudor Jenks and Persis Sophia Jenks Husband of Lenora (Lena) Jenks and Eleanor Maud Jenks Father of Almet Francis Jenks, Jr. Brother of Tudor Storrs Jenks; Paul Emmot Jenks and Mabel Simpkins

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Almet Francis Jenks (May 21, 1853 - September 18, 1924) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He graduated from Yale University in 1875, where he was a member of Skull and Bones, and earned an Bachelor of Laws from Columbia University in 1877. He was a justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1896 to 1921, and was Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division, Second Dept. In 1916, he ran on the Democratic and Independence League tickets for Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals but was defeated by Republican/Progressive Frank H. Hiscock.

His son Almet Francis Jenks, Jr. (1892-1966) was author of The Huntsman at the Gate (1952) and The Second Chance (1959).

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1853	May 21, 1853	Birth of Almet Francis Jenks
1892	1892	Birth of Almet Francis Jenks, Jr.
1924	September 18, 1924 Age 71	Death of Almet Francis Jenks

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