Hugh S. Jenkins | |
Order: | 35th |
Office: | Ohio Attorney General |
Governor: | Frank J. Lausche Thomas J. Herbert |
Preceded: | Thomas J. Herbert |
Succeeded: | Herbert S. Duffy |
Term Start: | January 8, 1945 |
Term End: | January 10, 1949 |
Party: | Republican |
Birth Date: | March 9, 1903 |
Birth Place: | New Cumberland, West Virginia |
Death Place: | Columbus, Ohio |
Restingplace: | Union Cemetery Columbus, Ohio |
Spouse: | Wilma Jenkins |
Hugh S. Jenkins (March 9, 1903 – June 18, 1976) was Ohio Attorney General from 1945 to 1949.
Jenkins was born March 9, 1903, in New Cumberland, West Virginia, to John T. and Vanessa (Miskelly) Jenkins.[1] He was a Republican from Mahoning County. Before election as Attorney General, he was chairman of Ohio's Board of Tax Appeals and was administrator of the Ohio State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation.[2]
Jenkins was elected as Attorney General in 1944 and 1946, but lost re-election in 1948.
Jenkins died in Columbus, Ohio, June 18, 1976, and is buried at Union Cemetery.[1]