Hamilton C. Jones

Hamilton Chamberlain Jones (born September 26, 1884 in Charlotte , North Carolina , †  August 10, 1957 ) was an American politician . Between 1947 and 1953 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Hamilton Jones first attended the public schools of his home country and then Central High School in Washington, DC and the Horners Military School in Oxford . After studying law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and at Columbia University in New York City and being admitted to the bar in 1906, he began practicing this profession in Charlotte in 1910. He also worked in agriculture. From 1913 to 1919 he worked as a judge in Charlotte. He then served as assistant federal attorney for the western district of North Carolina from 1919 to 1921 .

Politically, Jones was a member of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the North Carolina Senate from 1925 to 1927 . He was also a curator at the University of North Carolina. In the 1946 congressional election , Jones was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the tenth constituency of his state, where he succeeded Sam Ervin on January 3, 1947 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1953 . These were shaped by the events of the Cold War .

In 1952, Jones was not re-elected. In the following years he worked again as a lawyer. He died on August 10, 1957 in his birthplace Charlotte.

Web links

• Hamilton C. Jones in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Hamilton C. Jones in the database of Find a Grave (English)