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The school is named for Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, who was born in 1723 at the Coates Retirement estate, now known as Ellerslie, near the community of Port Tobacco in Charles County. Little is known about his childhood or education.
As an adult, Jenifer acquired a large estate near the City of Annapolis known as Stepney, where he lived for most of his life. He never married, and his circle of friends included George Washington. Early in his career, Jenifer served as agent and receiver-general for the last two proprietors of Maryland. He also served as a justice of the peace in Charles County and later for Maryland’s western circuit.
In 1760, Jenifer served on a boundary commission that resolved territorial disputes between Pennsylvania and Delaware. He later became a member of the provincial court and, from 1773 to 1776, served on the Maryland royal governor’s council. Although closely associated with conservative proprietary politics, Jenifer ultimately supported the Revolutionary movement. He was president of the Maryland Council of Safety from 1775 to 1777 and then served as president of the first Maryland State Senate from 1777 to 1780.
Jenifer represented Maryland in the Continental Congress from 1778 to 1782 and later served as the state’s revenue and financial manager from 1782 to 1785. A conservative nationalist, he favored a strong and permanent union of the states and a Congress with the power to levy taxes. In 1785, he represented Maryland at the Mount Vernon Conference and was one of 29 delegates who attended nearly every session of the Constitutional Convention. Though he rarely spoke, he consistently supported James Madison and the nationalist cause.
Jenifer lived only three more years and never again held public office. He died in Annapolis in 1790 at the age of 66 or 67. The exact location of his grave is unknown, though it is believed to be at the Ellerslie estate.