Woodrow Wilson Jones

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Woodrow Wilson Jones (born January 26, 1914 in Green Hill Township, Rutherford County , North Carolina , †  November 25, 2002 in Rutherfordton , North Carolina) was an American lawyer and politician . He represented the state of North Carolina as a member of the US House of Representatives .

Career

Woodrow Wilson Jones attended Rutherford County's public school. He then graduated from Mars Hill College in 1934 and from the Law School of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem in 1937 . He was admitted to the bar in the same year. After that he worked in his own practice. Jones was Attorney General of Rutherfordton between 1940 and 1943 and Rutherford County between 1941 and 1943. During World War II , he served in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946 .

After the war he was a member of the House of Representatives from North Carolina between 1947 and 1949 . He was then elected as a Democrat to the 81st Congress , where he succeeded the late Alfred L. Bulwinkle . He was then re-elected three times. His term of office lasted from November 7, 1950 to January 3, 1957. He decided not to run for the 85th Congress . He participated in all Democratic Party Conventions in North Carolina between 1940 and 1960 and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1960 . During his tenure in Congress in 1956 he was involved in the constitution of the Southern Manifesto , which spoke out against racial integration in public institutions.

He was then chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Executive Committee from 1958 to 1960. Governor Luther Hodges appointed him to the state constitutional commission. He also carried out this activity between 1958 and 1960. Thereafter, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him a judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. Jones stayed there from 1967 to 1985; he served as Chief Judge between 1968 and 1984 . In 1985 he moved to senior status.

Jones died on November 25, 2002 in Rutherfordton. He was buried in the City Cemetery there.

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personal data
SURNAME Jones, Woodrow Wilson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Rutherford County , North Carolina
DATE OF DEATH November 25, 2002
Place of death Rutherfordton , North Carolina