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American politician
Hugh S. Jenkins
35th Ohio Attorney General
In office
January 8, 1945 – January 10, 1949
GovernorFrank J. Lausche
Thomas J. Herbert
Preceded byThomas J. Herbert
Succeeded byHerbert S. Duffy
Personal details
BornMarch 9, 1903
New Cumberland, West Virginia
DiedJune 18, 1976(1976-06-18) (aged 73)
Columbus, Ohio
Resting placeUnion Cemetery
Columbus, Ohio
Political partyRepublican
SpouseWilma 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. 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.

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.

References

  1. ^ "Burials on the web - Union Cemetery Association". Retrieved 2012-06-13.
  2. "History - Past Ohio Attorneys General 1929–1949". Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. Retrieved 2012-10-18.

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Party political offices
Preceded byHugh S. Jenkins Republican nominee for Attorney General of Ohio
1944, 1946, 1948 		Succeeded byC. William O'Neill
Legal offices
Preceded byThomas J. Herbert Ohio Attorney General
1945-1949 		Succeeded byHerbert S. Duffy
Ohio attorneys general
  1. Stanbery
  2. McCormick
  3. Pugh
  4. McCook
  5. Kimball
  6. Wolcott
  7. Murray
  8. Critchfield
  9. Richardson
  10. Olds
  11. West
  12. Pond
  13. Little
  14. Pillars
  15. Nash
  16. Hollingsworth
  17. Lawrence
  18. Kohler
  19. Watson
  20. Richards
  21. Monnette
  22. Sheets
  23. Ellis
  24. Denman
  25. Hogan
  26. Turner
  27. McGhee
  28. Price
  29. Crabbe
  30. Turner
  31. Bettman
  32. Bricker
  33. Duffy
  34. Herbert
  35. Jenkins
  36. Duffy
  37. O'Neill
  38. Saxbe
  39. McElroy
  40. Saxbe
  41. Brown, P.
  42. Brown, W.
  43. Celebrezze
  44. Fisher
  45. Montgomery
  46. Petro
  47. Dann
  48. Rogers
  49. Cordray
  50. DeWine
  51. Yost


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