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Charles J. Jenkins

Charles J. Jenkins
For other people named Charles Jenkins, see Charles Jenkins.
Charles Jones Jenkins
44th Governor of Georgia
In office
1865–1868
Preceded by James Johnson
Succeeded by Thomas H. Ruger
Personal details
Born January 6, 1805(1805-01-06)
Beauford District, South Carolina, U.S.
Died June 14, 1883(1883-06-14) (aged 78)
U.S.
Political party Democratic
Profession Lawyer, Politician

Charles Jones Jenkins (January 6, 1805 – June 14, 1883) was a politician from Georgia, U.S..

Biography

Jenkins was born in South Carolina. His family moved to Jefferson County, Georgia, and Jenkins attended the University of Georgia in Athens at a young age; his exact dates of attendance are not known. Jenkins left the university before graduating and finished his education in 1824 at Union College in Schenectady, New York.

He first gained widespread attention as the author of the Georgia Platform, a proclamation by a special state convention that endorsed the Compromise of 1850. In the 1852 Presidential election, he ran for Vice President under presidential candidate Daniel Webster for the "Union Party". During the American Civil War, he was appointed by Governor Joseph E. Brown as a justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. After a state constitutional convention in 1865 re-established Georgia's state government, he ran as the only candidate for governor. He served as the Governor of Georgia from 1865 to 1868, during Reconstruction. In 1868, he refused to allow state funds to be used for a racially integrated state constitutional convention that was supervised by the U.S. military occupation. In response, General John Pope installed Brig. General Thomas H. Ruger as military governor and Jenkins fled the state, though he later returned. In the 1872 U.S. presidential election, he received 2 electoral college votes. In that election, Liberal Republican candidate Horace Greeley died after the election but before the electors convened and so two electors from Georgia cast their votes for Jenkins.

He died on June 14, 1883. He was interred in Summerville Cemetery in Augusta, Georgia. Jenkins County, Georgia is named in his honor.

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Political offices
Preceded by
James Johnson		 Governor of Georgia
1865–1868		 Succeeded by
Thomas H. Ruger



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