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Jeremiah Jenks
This is a headshot of an older white man with short hair, wearing a double breasted jacket. He has a dark tie on that has a straight pin in it and his jacket has what looks to have a watch chain hanging from one of his lapels.
Jenks in c. 1912
Born1856
Died1929(1929-00-00) (aged 72–73)
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Economist, educator, professor

Jeremiah Whipple Jenks (1856–1929) was an American economist, educator, and professor at Cornell University, who held various posts in the United States government throughout his career. He served as a member of the Dillingham Immigration Commission from 1907 to 1914 in which he led research projects on the state of immigration to the US.

He authored several influential works, including The Immigration Problem: A Study of Immigration Conditions and Needs and Dictionary of Races or Peoples. He was among the first social science academics within government and one of the first to propose that the federal government has the power to restrict immigration.

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historian. Edited The Economic Writings of Sir William Petty (1899). Jeremiah Jenks (Professor of Economics, 1891-1912) — President of the American Economic...

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Cornell University Department of History

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Visiting Professor of Southeast Asian History Southeast Asia 1967 1972 Jeremiah Jenks Professor of Political Economy and Politics Political economy 1891 1912...

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List of executive actions by Theodore Roosevelt

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