Thursday, November 23, 2006
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Selecting the nation's best Thomas Jefferson impersonator came down to a coin toss -- a Jefferson head nickel, of course.
Clay Jenkinson, a Dickinson State University scholar and host of a weekly radio show about Jefferson, was declared the winner recently on "The Colbert Report," a satirical news show on the Comedy Central channel.
Jenkinson appeared with two other Jefferson impersonators, Bill Barker and Steven Edenbo.