Jehu Glancy Jones

Jehu Glancy Jones

Jehu Glancy Jones (born October 7, 1811 in Caernarvon , Berks County , Pennsylvania , †  March 24, 1878 in Reading , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1851 and 1858 he twice represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives . He was also the American ambassador to the Austrian Empire from 1858 to 1861 .

Career

Jehu Jones attended Kenyon College in Ohio . Then he studied theology. In 1835 he was ordained a clergyman in the Episcopal Church . He carried out this activity until 1841. After studying law and his admission as a lawyer in 1841, he began to work in Easton in this profession. Between 1847 and 1849 he was a district attorney in Berks County. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In the years 1848, 1849 and 1855 he took part as a delegate at the regional party conventions of the Democrats in Pennsylvania; In 1855 he headed this body. In 1848 and 1856 he was also a delegate to the respective Democratic National Conventions .

In the congressional elections of 1850 Jones was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded William Strong on March 4, 1851 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1852, he was initially only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1853 . These were shaped by the discussions about the question of slavery . After the death of MP Henry Augustus Muhlenberg , Jones was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives at the by-election due for the eighth seat of his state, where he took up his new mandate on February 4, 1854. After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on October 30, 1858. This time was determined by the events leading up to the civil war . From 1857 to 1858, Jehu Jones chaired the Committee on Ways and Means . In the elections of 1858 he was not confirmed; then he resigned prematurely from his mandate.

On December 7, 1858, he was appointed American envoy to Austria by President James Buchanan . He held this office until November 14, 1861. After his return from Vienna he practiced as a lawyer again. Jehu Jones died in Reading on March 24, 1878.

Web links

• Jehu Glancy Jones in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Jehu Glancy Jones in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
William Strong	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (9th constituency) March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853	Isaac Ellmaker Hiester
Henry Augustus Muhlenberg	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (8th constituency) February 4, 1854 - October 30, 1858	William High Germ
Henry R. Jackson	United States Envoy to Austria February 14, 1859 - November 14, 1861	Anson Burlingame