Thomas Sambola Jones
Thomas Sambola Jones (born October 5, 1859 in Jackson , East Feliciana Parish , Louisiana , † May 15, 1933 in Baton Rouge , Louisiana) was an American diplomat and ambassador of the United States to Honduras .
Thomas Jones received his bachelor's degree in arts and science from Centenary College in 1876 . In 1879 he graduated from university and received an honorary doctorate in 1920. He taught at Trinity in the Catahoula Ward for two years . He then attended lectures on medicine and law at Sam Zemurray's Tulane University .
He married his first wife, Deborah Spencer, daughter of William B. Spencer , Chief Justice of Louisiana, on July 11, 1883. From 1888 onwards, he was employed by all but one governor's government of the Louisiana Democratic Party . He was a judge in Louisiana from 1902 to 1912 and published The Louisiana Educator and The State Journal of Louisiana .
In 1912 he was nominated as a candidate for Congress , but not elected. From 1912 to 1914 he sat in the Louisiana House of Representatives . He was sent to Honduras by Woodrow Wilson in 1918 as an ambassador because he was an active member of the Democratic Party.
On June 14, 1919, he married Julia D. Duron y Duron in Tegucigalpa . President Francisco Bertrand attended the wedding .
It is believed that pressure from the Wilson administration was the cause of the premature transfer of the presidency from Francisco Bertrand. On September 14, 1919, insurgents from El Salvador - against the forces under General Teofilo Cárcamo - captured La Esperanza, the capital of the Intibucá department . US Ambassador Jones instructed the insurgents to unite in Tegucigalpa under the command of General Rafael López Gutiérrez . The ruling Council of Ministers declared Jones on January 1, 1920 in absentia to be Persona non grata in Honduras.
Individual evidence
- ^ The New York Times , June 17, 1919, SAMBOLA JONES MARRIES.! American Minister .to Honduras Weds Miss Julia D. Duron. TI: GL, Honduras, Saturday, June 14 . pdf
- ^ New York Times September 16, 1919 HONDURAN REBELS 'VICTORY; Occupy La Esperanza Pursuing the Ex-President's Forces
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| John Ewing |
United States Ambassador to Honduras October 2, 1918 - October 17, 1919 |
Franklin E. Morales |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Jones, Thomas Sambola |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 5, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jackson , Louisiana |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 15, 1933 |
| Place of death | Baton Rouge , Louisiana |