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James Jones (died January 11, 1801) was an American politician and lawyer from the
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.


Early years and education

Jones moved with his uncle to Georgia in 1740. He studied law in
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, and gained admission to the state bar and became a practicing attorney. In 1790, he also served as a first lieutenant in the
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.


Political career

Elected to the
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in 1796, Jones was re-elected in 1798 but later resigned. While seeking re-election to the Georgia House of Representatives, Jones simultaneously ran for a seat in the
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. In the election of 1798, Georgia used a statewide at-large method to elect two members to serve in the 6th Congress of the United States. Jones received 4,264 votes (37.3%), ahead of the second-place finisher, Benjamin Taliaferro, who received 3,823 votes (33.4%). Both Jones and Taliaferro ran as candidates on the
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ticket. The incumbent,
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, running as a
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, came in a distant third with 3,135 votes (27.4%) Jones resigned from the
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and took his seat in Congress instead. In 1798, Jones also served on the state constitutional convention.


Death and legacy

Jones died while still serving in that position in 1801 and was buried in the
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in
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Jones County, Georgia Jones County is a county in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,347. The county seat is Gray. The county was created on December 10, 1807, and named after U.S. Representative James Jo ...
, was named in his honor.


See also

*
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References


External links

* * * William J. Northen, ''Men of Mark in Georgia'', A. B. Caldwell, 1912
pp. 360–361


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