Preceded by John Cadwalader Role U.S. representative Succeeded by John Wood Party Democratic Party | Political party Democratic Resigned March 3, 1859 Name Owen Jones | |
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Born December 29, 1819
Ardmore, Pennsylvania ( 1819-12-29 ) Alma mater University of Pennsylvania Died December 25, 1878, Ard, Pennsylvania, United States Education University of Pennsylvania | ||
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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.
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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.