Edmund Baker Jenks

Edmund Baker Jenks (March 16, 1863 – February 10, 1953) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life Jenks was born on March 16, 1863, in Upper Lisle, New York. He was the son of Sidney Hawkins Jenks, a shoemaker and farmer, and Polly Samantha Horton.

Jenks served as justice of the peace, police justice, village trustee, and president of the board of education for the Whitney Point high school. In 1916, he was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Republican, representing Broome County. He served in the Assembly in 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, and 1932. He was a prominent supporter of Prohibition in the Assembly, introducing legislation every year starting in 1924 that would enforce state Prohibition.

In 1896, Jenks married Mary Catherine Johnson. They had no children. He was an active member of the Freemasons. He was chairman of the Republican County Committee of Broome County