| 词条 | George Washington Jones (Texas politician) |
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| name =George Washington Jones | image=George Washington Jones (Texas Congressman).jpg | title=United States Congressman Texas 5th Congressional District | term_start=March 4, 1879 | term_end=March 3, 1883 | predecessor=Dewitt Clinton Giddings | successor=James W. Throckmorton | title2= 10th Lieutenant Governor of Texas | term_start2=August 9, 1866 | term_end2=August 8, 1867 | governor2=James W. Throckmorton | predecessor2=Fletcher Stockdale | successor2=James W. Flanagan | title3=Bastrop County Attorney | term_start3=1858 | term_end3=1860 | predecessor3= | successor3= | title4= | term_start4= | term_end4= | predecessor4= | successor4= | title5= | term_start5= | term_end5= | predecessor5= | successor5= | birth_date = {{birth date|1828|9|5}} | birth_place = Marion County, Alabama | death_date = {{death date and age|1903|7|11|1828|9|5}} | death_place = Bastrop, Texas | restingplace=Fairview Cemetery | party = Greenback Democrat | spouse= Laura Ann Mullins | children= | profession=Lawyer | religion= | allegiance= {{flag|Confederate States|1861b}} | branch = {{army|CSA|size=23px}} 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 lifeGeorge 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 serviceAlthough 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 serviceHe 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 deathOn August 1, 1855, he married Ledora Ann Mullins in Bastrop. Jones died on July 11, 1903. Ledora Jones died on August 31, 1903. They are both interred at Fairview Cemetery in Bastrop. References1. ^{{cite AV media|title=George Washington Jones genealogy|publisher=LDS Family Search.org|location=LDS Compact Disc #10 Pin #122475}} 2. ^{{cite book|last=Guttery|first=Ben|title=Representing Texas: a Comprehensive History of U.S. and Confederate Senators and Representatives from Texas|year=2008|publisher=BookSurge Publishing|isbn=978-1-4196-7884-4|page=89}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=The 17th Texas Volunteer Infantry Regiment |url=http://www.angelfire.com/tx/RandysTexas/page55.html | publisher=J.P. Blessington|accessdate=2 July 2010}} 4. ^{{Handbook of Texas | name= GW Jones |author=Cutrer, Thomas W |id= fjo49 | retrieved=2 July 2010}} Texas State Historical Association External links{{congbio|J000223}}{{s-start}}{{s-off}}{{succession box| title=Lieutenant Governor of Texas | before=Fletcher Stockdale | after=James W. Flanagan | years=1866–1867 }}{{s-par|us-hs}}{{USRepSuccessionBox | state=Texas | district=5 | before=De Witt C. Giddings | after=James W. Throckmorton | years=1879–1883 }}{{s-end}}{{Governors of Texas |expanded=Lt. Governors}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, George Washington}} 10 : 1828 births|1903 deaths|People from Marion County, Alabama|Texas Greenbacks|Lieutenant Governors of Texas|Members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas|People from Tipton County, Tennessee|People from Bastrop, Texas|Greenback Party members of the United States House of Representatives|19th-century American politicians |
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