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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Virginia / USJohn Winston JONES
(1791-1848)
JONES, John Winston, a
Representative from Virginia; born near Amelia Court House, Amelia
County, Va., November 22, 1791; attended private schools; was
graduated from the law department of the College of William and
Mary, Williamsburg, Va., in 1813; was admitted to the bar the same
year and commenced practice in Chesterfield County, Va.;
prosecuting attorney for the fifth Virginia circuit in 1818; member
of the State constitutional convention in 1829 and 1830; elected as
a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a
Democrat to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1835-March 3,
1845); chairman, Committee on Ways and Means (Twenty-sixth
Congress); Speaker of the House of Representatives (Twenty-eighth
Congress); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1844;
resumed the practice of law and also engaged in agricultural
pursuits; member of the State house of delegates in 1846 and served
as speaker; reelected in 1847 but resigned on account of ill
health; died at his residence, “Dellwood,” in
Chesterfield County, Virginia, January 29, 1848; interment in the
family cemetery on his estate, “Dellwood,” northwest of
Petersburg, Va.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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