David Aaron Jenkins (April 5, 1822 – September 10, 1886) was a Republican politician and

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from 1868 until 1876. His home was listed on the

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before being demolished. He served in the General Assembly. He was the first official elected treasurer after it became a position elected by popular vote under the

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of 1868. He resigned before the end of his term, on which Governor

Curtis H. Brogden Curtis Hooks Brogden (November 6, 1816 – January 5, 1901) was a farmer, attorney and politician who served as the 42nd governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1874 to 1877 during the Reconstruction era. He succeeded to the position aft ...

named the

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to replace him. Jenkins was the only Republican elected North Carolina State Treasurer until 2016, when

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was elected. His home located at Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina was listed on the

in 1978 as the David Jenkins House. David Jenkins House was a historic home located at Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina. It was built about 1876–1877, and was a two-story, three bay, frame farmhouse with

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and Italianate style design elements. It featured a low hip roof supported by ornamental brackets. It was built by David A. Jenkins (1822–1886), a Republican politician and North Carolina State Treasurer from 1868 until 1876. The house has been demolished. It was listed on the

in 1978.

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