Summary
Evan John Jones (October 23, 1872 – January 9, 1952) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.[1][2]
Evan John Jones | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 21st district | |
| In office March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923 | |
| Preceded by | Charles H. Rowland |
| Succeeded by | Jacob B. Kurtz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 23, 1872 Shamokin, Pennsylvania |
| Died | January 9, 1952 (aged 79) Bradford, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Republican Party |
| Alma mater | Clarion Normal School Dickinson School of Law |
| Occupation | Attorney |
Biography edit
Jones was born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Clarion Normal School in Clarion, Pennsylvania, in 1892. He taught school. He graduated from the Dickinson School of Law in 1896. He was admitted to the bar in 1896 and commenced practice at St. Marys, Pennsylvania.[3][4]
Jones was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1922. He resumed the practice of law in Bradford, Pennsylvania.[5][6]
He served as vice president and general manager of the Emporium Forestry Co. and as director and general counsel of the Grasse River Railroad Corp.[7]
He died at the age of seventy-nine in Bradford, Pennsylvania, and was buried in the Willow Dale Cemetery.[8][9]
References edit
- ^ "Jones, Evan John" (J000217), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Washington, D.C.: Offices of the Historians of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, retrieved online March 4, 2023.
- ^ "Jones, Evan John." Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Political Graveyard, May 10, 2022.
- ^ "Jones, Evan John," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Jones, Evan John," The Political Graveyard.
- ^ "Jones, Evan John," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Jones, Evan John," The Political Graveyard.
- ^ "Jones, Evan John," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Jones, Evan John," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Jones, Evan John," The Political Graveyard.
- United States Congress. "Evan J. Jones (id: J000217)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard