George Washington Jones (Texas politician)

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George Washington Jones
George Washington Jones (Texas Congressman).jpg
United States Congressman
Texas 5th Congressional District
In office
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883
Preceded by Dewitt Clinton Giddings
Succeeded by James W. Throckmorton
10th Lieutenant Governor of Texas
In office
August 9, 1866 – August 8, 1867
Governor James W. Throckmorton
Preceded by Fletcher Stockdale
Succeeded by James W. Flanagan
Bastrop County Attorney
In office
1858–1860
Personal details
Born (1828-09-05)September 5, 1828
Marion County, Alabama
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Bastrop, Texas
Resting place Fairview Cemetery
Political party Greenback Democrat
Spouse(s) Laura Ann Mullins
Profession Lawyer
Military service
Allegiance Confederate States Army
Service/branch Robert T. Allen’s
Seventeenth Texas Infantry
Rank Colonel

George Washington Jones (September 5, 1828 – July 11, 1903) was a Texas politician, a Lieutenant Governor of Texas and a Greenback member of the United States House of Representatives.

Early life

George Washington Jones was born to William Dandridge Claiborne Jones and Rachel Burleson Jones on September 5, 1828 in Marion County, Alabama.[1] He moved with his parents to Tipton County, Tennessee, and then to Bastrop, Texas. Jones studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1851, and commenced practice in Bastrop.

From 1858 until 1860 he served as Bastrop County Attorney.[2]

Military service

Although a supporter of the Union, Jones served in the Confederate States Army, eventually attaining the rank of colonel as commander of the 17th Texas Infantry.[3]

Public service

He was a delegate to the Texas state constitutional convention in 1866. Jones was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1866, with James W. Throckmorton as Governor. Both Jones and Throckmorton were removed from office in 1867 by General Philip Henry Sheridan for being obstructions to Reconstruction.[4]

In 1878 Jones was elected as United States Congressman for the Texas 5th Congressional District. He was reelected in 1880 and served from March 4, 1879 to March 3, 1883.

Personal life and death

On August 1, 1855, he married Ledora Ann Mullins in Bastrop.

Jones died on July 11, 1903.[5] Ledora Jones died on August 31, 1903.[6] They are both interred at Fairview Cemetery in Bastrop.

References

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Political offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Texas
1866–1867		 Succeeded by
James W. Flanagan
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 5th congressional district
1879–1883		 Succeeded by
James W. Throckmorton
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