Seaborn Jones (February 1, 1788 – March 18, 1864) was aUnited States representative fromGeorgia. Born inAugusta, Georgia, he attendedPrinceton College and studied law. By a special act of thelegislature, he was admitted to thebar in 1808. He commenced a legal practice inMilledgeville.

Jones was appointedSolicitor General of theOcmulgee circuit in September 1817 and was Solicitor General of Georgia in 1823. He was one of the commissioners appointed to investigate the disturbances in theCreek Nation; in 1827, he moved toColumbus, Georgia, where he built his home El Dorado, later renamedSt. Elmo. Jones was elected as aJacksonian to theTwenty-third Congress, serving from March 4, 1833, to March 3, 1835. He later was elected as aDemocrat to theTwenty-ninth Congress, serving from March 4, 1845, to March 3, 1847. He died in Columbus, and was buried atLinwood Cemetery.

Jones's daughter, Mary Howard Jones, marriedHenry L. Benning, for whomFort Benning was named. In 2002, theSeaborn Jones Memorial Park inRockmart, Georgia, was named after Jones.^[1]

• United States Congress."Seaborn Jones (id: J000252)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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