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Owen Jones (December 29, 1819 – December 25, 1878) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Owen Jones was born near Ardmore, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He studied law in Philadelphia, was admitted to the bar of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1842, and commenced practice in Ardmore.
Jones was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress. While in Congress, he served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1858. During the American Civil War, Jones raised a troop of Cavalry (Troop B, First Pennsylvania Cavalry). He resumed the practice of law, and died near Ardmore. Interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.
References
- Owen Jones (congressman) at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-10-18
- The Political Graveyard
- "Owen Jones (congressman)". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21813. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
United States House of Representatives Preceded by
John CadwaladerMember of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district
1857–1859Succeeded by
John WoodCategories:- 1819 births
- 1878 deaths
- People from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- American people of Welsh descent
- Pennsylvania Democrats
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania lawyers
- University of Pennsylvania alumni
- People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War
- Union Army officers
- Pennsylvania United States Representative stubs
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