John Winston Jones

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John Winston Jones (November 22, 1791 – January 29, 1848) was an American politician and lawyer. He served five terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1835 to 1845. He served as Speaker of the House in both the U.S. House of Representatives (1843–1845) and the Virginia House of Delegates (1847).

Early life and education

Born November 22, 1791, in Amelia County, Virginia to the former Mary Anne Winston, and her husband, Alexander Jones.<ref>Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (1915) vol. 2 p. 115, available at hathitrust.org</ref> A paternal ancestor was Peter Jones, the founder of Petersburg. His name honors Col. John Jones (Peter Jones' son, 1735-1793), who had served in the House of Burgesses for then-vast Brunswick County, supported the American Revolutionary War, then served in the Virginia Senate (including a term as its Speaker) as well as in the Virginia Ratifying Convention of 1788.<ref>Lyon Gardiner Tyler, vol. 1 pp. 267-268</ref> This John W. Jones received an education appropriate for his class, then traveled to Williamsburg about 1795 for further studies at the College of William & Mary. He received a law degree from the same institution in 1813.

After admission to the Virginia bar, Jones practiced law in Chesterfield County before being appointed Commonwealth Attorney (prosecutor) for Virginia's 5th Judicial Circuit in 1818. He joined Benjamin W. Leigh, Samuel Taylor and William B. Giles as a delegate to the 1829–1830 state constitutional convention, all four men representing a Southside district consisting of Amelia, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Nottoway and Powhatan Counties and the city of Petersburg.<ref>Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) p. 353</ref>

Congressman

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Jones was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1835 and served five terms. As he rose through the ranks of the House, he became chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, replacing future president Millard Fillmore, and House Democratic Leader, succeeding future president James K. Polk.

Fellow congressman elected Jones as Speaker of the House during the 28th Congress, which convened in 1843 and adjourned in 1845.

Jones declined nomination for a sixth term in Congress and returned to Virginia in 1845.

Career after Congress

Upon his retirement from Congress, Jones returned to his legal practice and plantation in Virginia. Among his more prominent cases, he served as lead counsel for Thomas Ritchie Jr., who in 1846 faced trial for his involvement in the infamous duel in which abolitionist John Hampden Pleasants was fatally wounded. Ritchie won acquittal on the grounds of self-defense.<ref name=HouseBio>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the 1830 federal census, John W. Jones owned slaves in Chesterfield County.<ref>1830 U.S. Federal Census for Chesterfield Virginia, p. 85 of 100</ref>

That same year, Jones was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates and in 1847 was chosen as Speaker. He was elected to a second term in 1847, but did not attend the session due to illness. He resigned his seat on December 17. The vacant House seat was later filled by his son, Alexander.<ref name=HouseBio/>

Private life

Jones married Harriet Boisseau in 1815 and together they had three children: Mary Winston, James Boisseau and Alexander. His son-in-law was George W.B. Towns, who was the 39th Governor of Georgia from 1847 to 1851.<ref name=HouseBio/>

Jones died on January 29, 1848. He is buried in the family cemetery at his Dellwood Plantation northwest of Petersburg, Virginia.

Electoral history

  • 1835; Jones was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 68.09% of the vote, defeating Whig William Segar Archer.
  • 1837; Jones was re-elected unopposed.
  • 1839; Jones was re-elected with 58.51% of the vote, defeating a Whig identified only as Taylor.
  • 1841; Jones was re-elected with 69.47% of the vote, defeating Independents Junius E. Leigh and Thomas Miller.
  • 1843; Jones was re-elected unopposed.

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