Nathaniel Jones (representative)

For other persons with a similar name see Nathaniel Jones (disambiguation)

Nathaniel Jones (February 17, 1788 Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts - July 20, 1866 Newburgh, Orange County, New York) was an American banker and politician from New York.

Life

About 1807, he removed to Warwick, New York, and taught school there for seferal years. Among his pupils was William H. Seward.

He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1827 and 1828. Afterwards he engaged in banking.

He was elected as a Democrat to the 25th and 26th United States Congresses, and served from March 4, 1837 to March 3, 1841.

He was New York State Surveyor General from February 1842 to February 1845, and a canal commissioner from February 1845 to November 1, 1847, when he resigned.

He was Superintendent of Schools and Clerk of the Board of Education of Newburgh in 1851. He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1852 to 1853.

Sources

• Nathaniel Jones (representative) at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Google Book The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 37f, 42 and 284; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
• [1] Obit in NYT on July 31, 1866 (Stating he was Marshal of the Southern District, which is not confirmed by the US Marshal's website.)

Political offices
Preceded by Orville L. Holley	New York State Surveyor General 1842–1845	Succeeded by Hugh Halsey

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Name	Jones, Nathaniel
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Date of birth	February 17, 1788
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Date of death	July 20, 1866
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