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James A. Jones

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Early life
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Death
References
Bibliography

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|birth_place = Mecklenburg County, Virginia, U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1894|02|26|1820|06|30}}
|death_place=Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
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|alma_mater = Randolph-Macon College
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James Alfred Jones (June 3, 1820 – February 26, 1894) was a nineteenth-century American politician from Virginia.

Early life

Jones was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. in 1820 and graduated from Randolph-Macon College. In 1839 he attained a Master of Arts from the University of Virginia.^[1]

Career

After studying law in Richmond, Jones settled in Petersburg, Virginia where practiced law.^[2]

In 1850, Jones was elected to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850. He was one of four delegates elected from the central Piedmont delegate district made up of his home district of Petersburg City, and Chesterfield and Prince George Counties.^[3]

Jones was a member of the Virginia State Senate 1853/54 and reelected for the session 1855/56.^[4]

After his relocation to Richmond in 1857, he received an honorary Doctorate of Laws from Richmond College.^[5]

Death

James A. Jones died on February 27, 1894 in Richmond City, Virginia.^[6]

References

1. ^Pulliam 1901, p. 107
2. ^Pulliam 1901, p. 107
3. ^Pulliam 1901, p. 99
4. ^Swem 1918, p. 377
5. ^Pulliam 1901, p. 107
6. ^Pulliam 1901, p. 107

Bibliography

{{cite book |last=Pulliam |first=David Loyd |title=The Constitutional Conventions of Virginia from the foundation of the Commonwealth to the present time |publisher= John T. West, Richmond |year=1901 |isbn= 978-1-2879-2059-5 |url= https://www.amazon.com/Constitutional-Conventions-Virginia-Foundation-Commonwealth/dp/1287920594/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1481563611&sr=1-1&keywords=Constitutional+Conventions+Virginia+Foundation+Commonwealth+Present+Time |ref=pulliam}}

{{cite book |last=Swem |first=Earl Greg |title=A Register of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1776-1918, and of the Constitutional Conventions |publisher= David Bottom, Superintendent of Public Printing |year=1918 |isbn= 978-1-3714-6242-0 |url= https://www.amazon.com/Register-Assembly-1776-1918-Constitutional-Conventions/dp/1371462429 |ref=swem}}

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