Walter Jones (politician)

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Walter Jones (born December 18, 1745 in Williamsburg , Colony of Virginia , †  December 31, 1815 in Westmoreland County , Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1797 and 1811 he twice represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Walter Jones grew up during the British colonial era. He attended the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg until 1760 . He then studied medicine in Edinburgh ( Scotland ) until 1770 . He then returned to Virginia, where he settled in Northumberland County . In 1777 he was the senior physician in the Central Military District during the War of Independence . After the war he embarked on a political career. Jones served in the Virginia House of Representatives from 1785 to 1787 . In 1788 he was a member of a meeting to revise the Virginia Constitution. In the late 1790s, he joined the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson .

In the congressional elections of 1796 Jones was elected to the US House of Representatives in Philadelphia in the 19th constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded John Heath on March 4, 1797 . Up to March 3, 1797, he was initially only able to complete one legislative period in Congress . In 1802 and 1803 Jones was again a member of the Virginia State Parliament. In the elections of 1802 he was re-elected to the now in Washington, DC Congress in the eighth district of his state . There he replaced Thomas Claiborne on March 4, 1803 . After three re-elections, he was able to spend three more terms in the US House of Representatives until March 3, 1811. It was during this time that President Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase and the ratification of the Twelfth Amendment in 1804 took place.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Walter Jones no longer appeared politically. He died in Westmoreland County on December 31, 1815 and was buried in the family cemetery on the Hayfield Estate in Northumberland County.

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SURNAME Jones, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1745
PLACE OF BIRTH Williamsburg , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1815
Place of death Westmoreland County , Virginia