Jennings was also a Democratic member of the Oregon House of Representatives for one term, serving from 1937 through 1938.
[3][4][5] In 1910, Jennings and Meyer formed a business partnership to promote development in the Valley Falls area.
The blacksmith told Lake County's district attorney that Jennings had struck him on the head with a gun, causing the weapon to discharge.
[10] During the 1920s and 1930s, Jennings continued to serve as the Valley Falls postmaster while he operated a grocery store, co-located with a gas station and tourist cabins.
He also ran the Valley Falls weather station for the United States Weather Bureau, served as water master for the Chewaucan River and Silver Creek water district, and was the clerk for the local school district.
In addition, he served as the chairman Lake County's Democratic Committee for two terms.
[3][11][12] Jennings, known as "Pop" to his neighbors, ran as a Democrat for the Oregon House of Representatives in 1936.
[16] He took his seat as a state legislature in early 1937, representing Deschutes and Lake counties.
She claimed that the assets were jointly accumulated and had originally included significant property inherited from her family which entitled her to one-half of the estate.