William L. Jenkins
William Lewis "Bill" Jenkins (b. November 29, 1936) is a politician from the U.S. State of Tennessee.
Jenkins was born in Detroit, Michigan and he graduated from Tennessee Technological University. Jenkins was elected to the Tennessee general assembly as a Republican in 1962 and he served as Speaker of the House from 1969 to 1971. Jenkins served on the board of the Tennessee Valley Authority from 1971 to 1978. Jenkins was a curcuit court judge from 1990 to 1996. He resigned his judgeship to run for the House of Representatives. He won the primary election with 18% of the vote over eleven other candidates. Jenkins has won re-election without much competition and he is running in 2004.
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