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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.

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

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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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