Jenckes is a surname. People with that name include:
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Joseph Jenckes (disambiguation) Joseph Jenckes may refer to:
*Joseph Jenckes Sr. (1599–1683), recipient of first machine patent in America at Lynn, Massachusetts
* Joseph Jenckes Jr. (1628–1717), founder of Pawtucket, Rhode Island
*Joseph Jenckes (governor)
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, three prominent early New England colonists
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Marcien Jenckes
Marcien Jenckes is the President, Advertising for Comcast.
Early life and education
Marcien Jenckes was born in Wichita, Kansas. As a child he also lived in Spain.
Jenckes holds a MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business a ...
, the Chief Executive Officer for Voxant, Inc, a new media company in Reston, Virginia
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Thomas Jenckes
Thomas Allen Jenckes I (November 2, 1818 – November 4, 1875) was a United States representative from Rhode Island. Jenckes was best known for introducing a bill that created the United States Department of Justice. President Ulysses S. Grant th ...
(1818–1875), United States Congressional representative for the State of Rhode Island
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Virginia E. Jenckes
Virginia Jenckes (née Ellis; November 6, 1877 – January 9, 1975) served three terms as a U.S. Representative (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939) from Indiana's Sixth Congressional District. The Terre Haute, Indiana, native was ...
(1877–1975), U.S. Representative from Indiana
See also
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E. N. Jenckes Store, historic store on Main Street in Douglas, Massachusetts
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Jenckes House (Old Louisquisset Pike, Lincoln, Rhode Island)
The Jenckes House is a historic house at 1730 Old Louisquisset Pike in Lincoln, Rhode Island, United States. It is a -story timber-frame structure, five bays wide, with a large central chimney. The main entrance is flanked by pilasters and top ...
, historic house
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Jenckes Mansion
The Jenckes Mansion is an historic house in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. This three-story brick double house was built in 1828 by the Jenckes family, owners of the mills around which this area of Woonsocket, known as Jenckesville, grew. The build ...
, historic house at 837 Social Street, Woonsocket, Rhode Island
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Whipple-Jenckes House (Liberty Jenckes House), historic American Colonial house at 2500 Diamond Hill Road, Cumberland, Rhode Island
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Jencks (disambiguation) Jencks could refer to:
*''Jencks v. United States'', a U.S. Supreme Court case
**Jencks Act, a law passed by the U.S. Congress regarding the rules of procedure in Federal courts, after the Supreme Court case had been decided
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