Basic Information
Name: Ray Howard Jenkins
Nickname: The Terror of Tellico Plains
Born: March 18, 1897
Died: December 26, 1980
Nationality: U.S.
Hometown: Cherokee Country, North Carolina
WORK & EDUCATION
Occupation: Lawyer
Education: University of Tennessee
FAMILY & FRIENDS
Parents: Columbus Sheridan Jenkins, Amanda Nicholson
Siblings: Unknown
Spouse: Eva Nash, Eva Crouch Tedder
Children: Eva Lois
Friends: Anybody named Eva apparently.
Foes: The guy's nickname was "the Terror." People were scared of him.
Analysis
When the Army-McCarthy hearings rolled around, Jenkins was known as the best trial lawyer in east Tennessee…which we guess used to sound more impressive.
He did have quite a record, successfully defending over 600 clients and never losing a client to the death penalty. His courtroom demeanor was so dramatic that people came to watch his trials just for the show. He got the nickname "The Terror of Tellico Plains." (Source)
Jenkins served as counsel for the Republican majority of the Senate Subcommittee (the Democrats were represented by Robert F. Kennedy). He basically acted as both prosecutor and defense attorney, which is really weird, but that's how the law works. Sadly, he never overruled any of his own objections.
Jenkins was praised for his performance during the hearings and even made the cover of TIME magazine (he even looks scary). Cartoonist Al Capp memorialized Jenkins as Attorney Y.Y. Cragnose in his "Lil' Abner" comic strip. Obviously, he was widely known for aggressively going after pretty much everyone. After the hearings, he and Bobby Kennedy entered into a kind of mutual admiration society. It's a shame they never moved in together, got a giant dog, and solved crimes.
After the hearings, many people thought he'd continue in politics, but Jenkins returned to his life as a defense lawyer. The year after publishing his memoir, "The Terror of Tellico Plains," he died at the age of 83 of being 83 years old.