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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | James T. Jones |
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Demopolis, Alabama , United States |
| Email | None |
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July 20, 1832
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| Died | February 15, 1895
(62 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | JONES, James Taylor, a Representative from Alabama; born in Richmond, Va., July 20, 1832; moved with his father to Marengo County, Ala., in 1834; pursued classical studies; was graduated from Princeton College in 1852 and from the law school of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1855; was admitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced practice in Demopolis, Ala.; during the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private in the Fourth Alabama Regiment; elected captain of Company D in this regiment in 1862; appointed judge advocate in the Confederate War Department in 1864 and served until the close of the war; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1865; member of the State senate in 1872 and 1873; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress
US House (D-AL) 1877-1879; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress
US House (D-AL) 12/3/1883-1889; was not a candidate for renomination in 1888
Resumed the practice of law in Demopolis, Ala.; circuit judge of the first judicial circuit of Alabama from 1890 until his death in Demopolis, Marengo County, Ala., February 15, 1895; interment in Lyon Cemetery.
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