John Marvin Jones

John Marvin Jones

John Marvin Jones (born February 26, 1882 in Valley View , Cooke County , Texas , †  March 4, 1976 in Amarillo , Potter County , Texas) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1917 and 1940 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives ; then he became a federal judge .

Career

John Jones attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1902 the John B. Denton College . He then studied until 1905 at Southwestern University in Georgetown . After studying law at the University of Texas at Austin and his admission to the bar in 1907, he began to work in this profession in Amarillo. In 1913 he became a member of the Board of Legal Examiners in the seventh judicial district of his state. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He became a member of his party's federal election commission for the Congress elections ( Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee ).

In the 1916 congressional election , Jones was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 13th constituency of Texas , where he succeeded John Hall Stephens on March 4, 1917 . After eleven re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on November 20, 1940 . Despite his membership in the Congress Jones served during the First World War in the Armored Corps of the United States Army . Since 1919 he represented the 18th district of his state in Congress. From 1931 he was chairman of the Agriculture Committee. Since 1933, most of the federal government's New Deal laws were passed in Congress under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . During his time as a congressman, the 18th , 19th , 20th and 21st amendments were ratified .

Jones resigned from his seat on November 20, 1940 after President Roosevelt appointed him to the United States Court of Claims to succeed the late Thomas Sutler Williams . During the Second World War , Jones interrupted his judicial work. Between 1943 and 1945 he was a member of the Economic Stability Authority and Administrator of the Federal Food Administration ( War Food Administration ). He then continued to work as a judge until 1964. Even after his official retirement, Jones remained legally active. In 1965 he advised the Mississippi and Louisiana Supreme Courts . He was then a Senior Judge , a retired judge who could be reactivated if necessary. John Jones died in Amarillo on March 4, 1976.

Web links

• John Marvin Jones in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• John Marvin Jones in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges

• John Marvin Jones in the database of Find a Grave (English)