James Jones (politician, before 1740)

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James Jones (* before 1740 in Province of Maryland , †  January 11, 1801 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1799 and 1801 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Both the date and place of birth of James Jones are unknown; What is certain is that he came from what is now the state of Maryland . In 1740 he moved to Georgia with his uncle , where he attended the Augusta Academy . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer, he began to work in Savannah in his new profession. In 1790 he became a lieutenant in the Chatham County Militia . Politically, Jones became a member of the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton in the late 1790s . Between 1796 and 1798 he was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives . In May 1798 Jones was a delegate to a meeting to revise the state constitution.

In the state-wide held congressional elections of 1798 , he was elected for the first mandate of Georgia in the US House of Representatives, where he succeeded Abraham Baldwin on March 4, 1799 . James Jones could not end his legislative term in Congress, which actually ran until March 3, 1801 , because he died on January 11, 1801. During his time in the US House of Representatives, the federal government and Congress moved to the new federal capital, Washington. James Jones was buried in the federal capital's convention cemetery.

According to him, Jones County named in Georgia.

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SURNAME Jones, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH before 1740
PLACE OF BIRTH Maryland
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 1801
Place of death Washington, DC