Paul C. Jones | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMissouri's10th district | |
| In office November 2, 1948 – January 3, 1969 | |
| Preceded by | Orville Zimmerman |
| Succeeded by | Bill Burlison |
| Member of theMissouri House of Representatives | |
| In office 1935–1937 | |
| Member of theMissouri Senate | |
| In office 1937–1944 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1901-03-12)March 12, 1901 Kennett, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | February 10, 1981(1981-02-10) (aged 79) Kennett, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
Paul Caruthers Jones (March 12, 1901 – February 10, 1981) was an American politician who served as aU.S. Representative fromMissouri.
Born inKennett, Missouri, Jones attended the Kennett public schools. He was graduated from theUniversity of Missouri with aB.J. degree in 1923. He served as a member of the Kennett city council from 1931 to 1933 and as mayor of Kennett from 1933 to 1935. He served as a member and president of the Kennett board of education from 1934 to 1946 and in the stateHouse of Representatives from 1935 to 1937. He then served as a member of the stateSenate from 1937 to 1944.
He was co-publisher of the Dunklin Democrat, a newspaper in Kennett, from 1923 until February 1953. He also served as general manager ofKBOA (AM) andKBOA-FM, Kennett's first radio station, which he helped to found, from 1947 until October 1966.
From August 1945 to May 1948, he served as chairman of theMissouri State Highway Commission. He was appointed by GovernorLloyd C. Stark of Missouri in December 1940 to organize the Sixth Missouri Infantry, MissouriState Guard, and was commanding officer (colonel) of that voluntary regiment until June 1946.
Jones was elected as aDemocrat to the80th U.S. Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofOrville Zimmerman and at the same time was elected to the81st Congress. He was reelected to the nine succeedingCongresses and served from November 2, 1948, to January 3, 1969. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1968 to the91st Congress.
While Jones did not sign the 1956Southern Manifesto,[1] he voted against theCivil Rights Acts of 1957,[2] theCivil Rights Acts of 1960,[3] theCivil Rights Acts of 1964,[4] and theCivil Rights Acts of 1968[5] as well as the24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution[6] and theVoting Rights Act of 1965.[7]
Jones resided in Kennett until his death on February 10, 1981.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMissouri's 10th congressional district 1948–1969 | Succeeded by |
