- James Robert Jones
Infobox Congressman
name=James Robert Jones
state=Oklahoma
district= 1st
party= Democratic
term= 1973-1987
preceded=Page Belcher
succeeded=Jim Inhofe
office2= Appointments Secretary
president2=Lyndon B. Johnson
term_start2=1968
term_end2=1968
preceded2=W. Marvin Watson
as InformalWhite House Chief of Staff
succeeded2=H.R. Haldeman
as 4thWhite House Chief of Staff
date of birth= birth date and age|1939|05|05
place of birth=
date of death=
place of death=
spouse=
religion =James Robert "Jim" Jones (born
May 5 ,1939 ) is alawyer , a Democraticpolitician , a retired U.S. Congressman fromOklahoma , and a former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico.Early life and career
Jones was born and educated in
Muskogee, Oklahoma . He received his B.A. degree in 1961 from theUniversity of Oklahoma , where he also joinedLambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. Jones was accepted atGeorgetown University Law Center (inWashington, D.C. ) and graduated with a law degree (LLB ) in 1964.Jones enlisted and served in the
U.S. Army Reserve (from 1961 to 1968) and also served briefly in the Army Counterintelligence Corps (at the rank ofCaptain , from 1964 to 1965). Jones was also admitted to the Oklahoma bar in 1964 and commenced hispractice of law inTulsa, Oklahoma .Entry into politics
Political staffer
Jones first important political job was as the legislative assistant to U.S. Representative Ed Edmondson (1961-1964) who represented
Congressional district 2 from Oklahoma. Then, in 1965, Jones moved from theUnited States Congress to theWhite House where he served as Appointments Secretary (Chief of Staff) toU.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson , the youngest person to hold that position (until Johnson left office in January, 1969).Congressional service
Jones returned to Oklahoma and resumed his law practice in Tulsa, until 1972, when he decided to run for Congress from Oklahoma's first Congressional district. Jones won the November election and was re-elected six times, serving until January, 1987. During his tenure in Congress, Jones was (for four years) the Chairman of the House Budget Committee.
Jones decided to retire from the House of Representatives in 1986 and to run against Republican
incumbent U.S. Senator Don Nickles , but he was unsuccessful.Work after Congress
In 1987 Jones resumed the practice of law. He later served as the Chairman of the
American Stock Exchange (1989 to 1993). After the election of Democratic PresidentBill Clinton , Jones was appointed the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico and served from 1993 until 1997. In February, 2003, he was inaugurated Chairman of theWorld Affairs Councils of America .Presently, he is a resident of Tulsa and Washington, D.C.
ee also
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Politics of Oklahoma
*Oklahoma Democratic Party
*Oklahoma Congressional Districts
*United States Ambassador to Mexico External links
*congbio|J000232
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