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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaSeaborn JONES
(1788-1864)
JONES, Seaborn, a
Representative from Georgia; born in Augusta, Ga., February 1,
1788; attended Princeton College; studied law; by a special act of
the legislature was admitted to the bar in 1808; commenced practice
in Milledgeville, Ga.; appointed solicitor general of the Ocmulgee
circuit in September 1817; solicitor general of Georgia in 1823;
one of the commissioners appointed to investigate the disturbances
in the Creek Nation; moved to Columbus, Ga., in 1827; elected as a
Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress (March 4, 1833-March 3,
1835); elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4,
1845-March 3, 1847); died in Columbus, Ga., March 18, 1864;
interment in Linnwood Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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