William Atkinson Jones

William Atkinson Jones

William Atkinson Jones (born March 21, 1849 in Warsaw , Richmond County , Virginia , †  April 17, 1918 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1891 and 1918 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Jones enrolled at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington in 1864 . During the final stages of the Civil War , despite his youth, he took part in the defense of the city of Richmond as a soldier in the Confederation Army in 1865 . He then continued his education at Coleman's School in Fredericksburg . After completing a law degree at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and being admitted to the bar in 1870, he began to work in this profession in Warsaw. For several years he also worked as a public prosecutor. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1880, 1896 and 1900 he was a delegate to the respective Democratic National Conventions .

In the 1890 congressional election , Jones was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the first constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded Thomas HB Browne on March 4, 1891 . After 13 re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on April 17, 1918 . During this time the Spanish-American War of 1898 and the American entry into World War I fell . During his time in Congress in 1913, the 16th and 17th amendments were ratified. Between 1911 and 1918 Jones was chairman of the Committee on Insular Affairs. In this capacity he campaigned for the independence of the Philippines at the time .

Web links

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• William Atkinson Jones in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Atkinson Jones in the database of Find a Grave (English)