Thomas Laurens Jones
Thomas Laurens Jones, a
Representative from Kentucky; born in White Oak, Rutherford County,
N.C., January 22, 1819; attended private schools; was graduated
from Princeton College and from the law department of Harvard University; was
admitted to the bar in Columbia, S.C., in 1846 and commenced practice in New
York City in 1847; moved to Newport, Ky., in 1849 and continued the practice of
law; member of the State house of representatives from Campbell County
1853-1855; elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses
(March 4, 1867-March 3, 1871); was not a candidate for re-nomination in 1870;
elected to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877); chairman,
Committee on Railways and Canals (Forty-fourth Congress); was not a candidate
for re-nomination; resumed the practice of law; died in Newport, Ky., June 20,
1887; interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
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