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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeEd JONES
(1912-1999)
JONES, Ed, a
Representative from Tennessee; born in Yorkville, Gibson County,
Tenn., April 20, 1912; B.S., University of Tennessee, 1934;
inspector, Tennessee Department of Agriculture, November 1934;
Tennessee Dairy Products Association, 1941-1943; agricultural
agent, Illinois Central Railroad, 1944-1949, 1953-1969; Tennessee
Commissioner of Agriculture, 1949-1953; chair, United States
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation State Committee for
Tennessee, 1961-1969; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-first
Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of United States Representative Robert A. Everett; reelected
to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 25, 1969-January 3, 1989);
not a candidate for renomination in to the One Hundred First
Congress 1988; died on December 11, 1999, in Dyer, Tenn.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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