# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-jenckes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:13:16.923Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-jenckes"
name: "Thomas Jenckes"
slug: "thomas-jenckes"
description: "Thomas Allen Jenckes I 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 then signed the bill into law on June 22, 1870. Jenckes was also a supporter of civil service reform."
tagline: "American politician (1818-1875)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_A_Jenckes_member_of_congress_from_RI.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1818-11-02"
deathDate: "1875-11-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.91
  momentum:             6.292134831460674
  historical:           5.471886666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Thomas Jenckes"
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    title: "توماس چينكيس"
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    title: "توماس جنکز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Thomas Jenckes"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jenckes"
    title: "Thomas Jenckes"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jenckes"
    title: "Thomas Jenckes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1747155"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump