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Ed Jenkins Dead: Former Congressman Dies At 78
ATLANTA -- Former U.S. Rep. Ed Jenkins, a Democrat who represented Georgia in Congress for 16 years, has died after a long illness. He was 78.
Janice Jenkins said early Monday that her father died Sunday afternoon at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta.
Jenkins was elected in 1976, the same year that another Georgian, Jimmy Carter, was elected president. He served on the House Budget and Ways and Means committees.
An attorney, Jenkins served in the Coast Guard and as a prosecutor before being elected to Congress. The Almanac of American Politics described him in 1990 as "one of the smartest operators on Capitol Hill."
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The AP via Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/02/ed-jenkins-dead-dies_n_1179151.html
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R.I.P.