George Washington Jones | |
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| Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus | |
| In office March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | |
| Speaker | Nathaniel P. Banks(1856–1857) |
| Preceded by | Edson B. Olds |
| Succeeded by | George S. Houston (1859) |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromTennessee | |
| In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859 | |
| Preceded by | William Hawkins Polk |
| Succeeded by | James Houston Thomas |
| Constituency | 6th district |
| In office March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1853 | |
| Preceded by | Hopkins L. Turney |
| Succeeded by | Charles Ready |
| Constituency | 5th district |
| Member of theTennessee Senate | |
| In office 1839–1841 | |
| Member of theTennessee House of Representatives | |
| In office 1835–1839 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1806-03-15)March 15, 1806 |
| Died | November 14, 1884(1884-11-14) (aged 78) |
| Party | Democratic |
George Washington Jones (March 15, 1806 – November 14, 1884) was an American politician who representedTennessee'sfifth district in theUnited States House of Representatives. He served in theConfederate States Congress during theAmerican Civil War.
Jones was born inKing and Queen County, Virginia, on March 15, 1806. He moved to Tennessee with his parents, who settled inFayetteville. He received acommon school and academical education, also apprenticed to the saddler's trade.
Jones was ajustice of the peace from 1832 to 1835. He was a member of theTennessee House of Representatives from 1835 to 1839. He served in theTennessee Senate from 1839 to 1841. He wasClerk ofLincoln County Court from 1840 to 1843.[1]
Elected as aDemocrat to theTwenty-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses, Jones served in the U.S. House of Representatives from March 4, 1843, to March 3, 1853, for the fifth district and from March 4, 1853, to March 4, 1859, for the sixth district.[2] During theThirty-first Congress and theThirty-second Congresses he was chairman of theU.S. House Committee on Rules, and during theThirty-fifth Congress he was chairman of theU.S. House Committee on Roads and Canals. Jones represented the U.S. Congress at the swearing in of the terminally ill, newly elected Vice-PresidentWillam Rufus deVane King inMatanzas, Cuba.
With war impending, Jones was a delegate to thePeace Convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the conflict, but he did not attend. He was elected from Tennessee as a member of theConfederate House of Representatives in theFirst Confederate Congress and served from February 18, 1862, to February 18, 1864. He was not a candidate for re-election. Friend and former political ally PresidentAndrew Johnson pardoned Jones for his Civil War activities in June 1865.
Jones was a delegate to theState constitutional convention in 1870. Jones strongly opposed thePoll Tax provision of the 1870 Tennessee Constitution.
Jones died inFayetteville, Tennessee, on November 14, 1884 (age 78 years, 244 days). He isinterred at Rose Hill Cemetery.[3]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromTennessee's 6th congressional district March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859 | Succeeded by |
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