J. Glancy Jones
4thUnited States Minister to the Austrian Empire
In office December 15, 1858 – November 14, 1861
President	James Buchanan Abraham Lincoln
Preceded by	Henry R. Jackson
Succeeded by	John Lothrop Motley
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's8th district
In office February 4, 1854 – October 30, 1858
Preceded by	Henry Augustus Muhlenberg
Succeeded by	William High Keim
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's9th district
In office March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
Preceded by	William Strong
Succeeded by	Isaac Ellmaker Hiester
Personal details
Born	Jehu Glancy Jones (1811-10-07)October 7, 1811 Caernarvon Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	March 24, 1878(1878-03-24) (aged 66) Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting place	Charles Evans Cemetery
Party	Democratic
Education	Kenyon College
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Jehu Glancy Jones (October 7, 1811 – March 24, 1878) was aDemocratic member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania. Often called Glancy, he was a top adviser on Democratic Party affairs to his close friend James Buchanan, especially when President-elect Buchanan was picking his cabinet in 1856-1857. After he was defeated for reelection, Buchanan appointed him Ambassador to theAustrian Empire.

J. Glancy Jones was born inCaernarvon Township, Pennsylvania. He attendedKenyon College, studied theology and was ordained to the ministry of theEpiscopal Church in 1835 and withdrew in 1841. He later studied law, was admitted to the bar inGeorgia in 1841 and commenced practice atEaston, Pennsylvania. He was district attorney forBerks County, Pennsylvania, from 1847 to 1849.

He was a delegate to the Democratic State conventions in 1848, 1849, and 1855, and served as president in 1855. He was a delegate to theDemocratic National Convention in1848 and1856 and served as vice president in 1848.

Jones was elected as a Democrat to theThirty-second Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in1852. He was elected to theThirty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofHenry A. Muhlenberg. He was reelected to theThirty-fourth andThirty-fifth Congresses. He served as chairman of theUnited States House Committee on Ways and Means during the Thirty-fifth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in1858, and resigned October 30, 1858.

On November 1, 1858 he was appointedMinister Resident to theAustrian Empire by PresidentJames Buchanan, and served from December 15, 1858 to November 14, 1861.^[1] After his service he resumed the practice of law, and died inReading, Pennsylvania, in 1878. Interment in Reading'sCharles Evans Cemetery.

In terms of his legacy to American history, biographer Michael Todd Landis states:

Leading Northern Democrats such as Jones and Buchanan were not romantic defenders of working men, as some scholars have claimed; nor were they moderates striving to save the Union from extreme sectionalism. Rather, they were proslavery activists whose willful actions had direct and disastrous effects on the nation. Their policies enraged free-state voters and caused the fatal split in the Democratic Party that resulted in Lincoln’s election, which, in turn, triggered disunion. They were culpable and responsible—a fact that should not be forgotten or overlooked.^[2]

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