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| Affiliation | Whig |
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| Name | James C. Jones |
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Memphis, Tennessee , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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April 20, 1809
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| Died | October 29, 1859
(50 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | JONES, James Chamberlain, a Senator from Tennessee; born near the line between Davidson and Wilson Counties, Tennessee, April 20, 1809; attended an old-field school; farmer; member, State house of representatives 1839; Governor of Tennessee 1841-1845; presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1848; elected as a Whig to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1851, to March 3, 1857; was not a candidate for reelection; retired to his farm near Memphis, Tenn., where he died October 29, 1859; interment in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis.
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