Walter Beaman Jones Sr. (August 19, 1913 – September 15, 1992), was an American
Democratic politician
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from the state of
North Carolina
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who served in the
United States House of Representatives
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from 1966 until his death from natural causes in
Norfolk, Virginia, in 1992.
Early life and education
Jones was born in
Fayetteville, North Carolina, and attended Elise Academy, in Hemp, North Carolina. He received a
Bachelor of Science
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in 1934 from
North Carolina State University in
Raleigh
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.
Career
Jones became a
businessman. Soon after graduation he married and started a family.
After getting established in local life, Jones was elected as
mayor
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of
Farmville
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from 1949 to 1953. He was elected to the
North Carolina General Assembly from 1955 to 1959, and to the North Carolina State Senate in 1965.
Jones was elected as a
Democrat
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to the
89th United States Congress by
special election
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to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative
Herbert C. Bonner. He was reelected to the
90th,
91st,
92nd,
93rd,
94th,
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,
96th,
97th,
98th,
99th,
100th,
101st
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, and
102nd United States Congress
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es, serving from February 5, 1966 to September 15, 1992. He was the chairman of the
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries from the 97th through 102nd Congresses.
He died in
Norfolk, Virginia. His son
Walter B. Jones Jr.
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served as a
Republican
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congressman in North Carolina from 1995 to 2019.
Walter Sr. is buried in Forest Hills Cemetery in
Farmville, North Carolina
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.
See also
*
List of United States Congress members who died in office
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References
External links
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1913 births
1992 deaths
20th-century American politicians
Mayors of places in North Carolina
Democratic Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives
Democratic Party North Carolina state senators
North Carolina State University alumni
Politicians from Fayetteville, North Carolina
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina
People from Farmville, North Carolina