- Evan John Jones
Evan John Jones (
October 23 ,1872 –January 9 ,1952 ) was a Republican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania .Jones was born in
Shamokin, Pennsylvania . He graduated from Clarion Normal School inClarion, Pennsylvania , in 1892. He taught school. He graduated from theDickinson School of Law in 1896. He was admitted to the bar in 1896 and commenced practice atSt. Marys, Pennsylvania .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 .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.
He died in
Bradford, Pennsylvania , aged 79, and is buried in Willow Dale Cemetery.=Sources=
*CongBio|J000217|Evan J. Jones
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones3.html The Political Graveyard]
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