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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaGeorge JONES
(1766-1838)
Senate Years of Service:
1807-1807Party: Democratic
RepublicanJONES, George, (son of
Noble Wymberley Jones), a Senator from Georgia; born in Savannah,
Ga., February 25, 1766; received an academic training; studied
medicine with his father and practiced for a number of years;
participated in the Revolutionary War and during 1780 and 1781 was
imprisoned upon an English ship; member, State house of
representatives and senate; during the War of 1812 served as
captain of a company of Savannah reserves; member of the Savannah
board of aldermen in 1793-1794, 1802-1803, 1814-1815; mayor of
Savannah 1812-1814; appointed judge of the eastern judicial circuit
of Georgia in 1804, and served until appointed Senator; appointed
to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Abraham Baldwin and served from August 27 to November 7, 1807,
when a successor was elected; died in Savannah, Chatham County,
Ga., on November 13, 1838; interment in Bonaventure Cemetery.
Bibliography
Mellichamp, Josephine. “George Jones.” In Senators
From Georgia. pp. 57-58. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode Publishers,
1976.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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