Almet Francis Jenks
Almet Francis Jenks | |
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| Justice of the New York Supreme Court | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 21, 1853 Brooklyn, New York, US |
| Died | September 18, 1924 (aged 71) Greenwich, Connecticut, US |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Lawyer, politician |
Almet Francis Jenks (May 21, 1853 – September 18, 1924) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
Almet Francis Jenks was born in Brooklyn on May 21, 1853.[1] He graduated from Yale University in 1875, where he was a member of Skull and Bones, and earned a 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 (1911–12, 1912–1921) and Justice (1905–11) of the Appellate Division, Second Dept.[2] 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.
Jenks died in Greenwich, Connecticut on September 18, 1924.[3]
His son Almet Francis Jenks Jr. (1892–1966) was author of The Huntsman at the Gate (1952) and The Second Chance (1959).[4]
References
- ^ Patterson, George Washington IV, ed. (1914). History of the Class of Niniteen-hundred and Fourteen. Vol. 1. Yale University Press. p. 207. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University Deceased during the Year 1924-1925" (PDF). Yale University. 1925. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
- ^ "Apoplexy Fatal to Ex-Justice Almet F. Jenks". Middletown Orange County Times Press. New York (published September 23, 1924). September 19, 1924. p. 5. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via NewspaperArchive.
- ^ "Almet Jenks." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2002. Gale Biography In Context. Web. March 30, 2011.