Charles Francis Jenney (1860–1923) was an

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from the

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. He served most notably as justice of the Massachusetts state supreme court from 1919 until 1923.

Biography

Charles Francis Jenney was born in

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on September 16, 1860 to Charles Edwin Jenney and Elvira Frances Clark. He graduated from law school at

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, immediately teaching there following graduation in 1883. He practiced law until 1909. In 1886, he was elected to the Massachusetts state house of representatives. In 1907, he joined the Massachusetts state senate. In 1909, he gave up the law after being appointed to the Massachusetts Superior Court. In 1919, Governor Calvin Coolidge appointed Jenney to the Massachusetts state supreme court. Jenney died in Boston, Massachusetts on November 29, 1923. He contributed to American ornithology through his observations and communications as a member of the

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, the Nuttall Ornithological Club and

Charles Johnson Maynard Charles Johnson Maynard (May 6, 1845 – October 15, 1929) was an American naturalist and ornithologist born in Newton, Massachusetts. He was a collector, a taxidermist, and an expert on the vocal organs of birds. In addition to birds, he also s ...

's bird walks.Maynard, Charles J. Walks and Talks with Nature. XI (1919)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jenney, Charles 1860 births 1923 deaths Boston University School of Law alumni Justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court People from Middleborough, Massachusetts