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Seaborn Jones

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Seaborn Jones
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Georgia's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byAlfred Iverson Sr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Georgia's at-large district
In office
March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byCharles E. Haynes
Personal details
Born(1788-02-01)February 1, 1788
Augusta, Province of Georgia
DiedMarch 18, 1864(1864-03-18) (aged 76)
Columbus, Georgia, U.S.
Resting placeLinwood Cemetery
Children1
Alma materPrinceton College
ProfessionPolitician, lawyer

Seaborn Jones (February 1, 1788 – March 18, 1864) was a United States representative from Georgia. Born in Augusta, Georgia, he attended Princeton College and studied law. By a special act of the legislature, he was admitted to the bar in 1808. He commenced a legal practice in Milledgeville.

Jones was appointed Solicitor General of the Ocmulgee circuit in September 1817 and was Solicitor General of Georgia in 1823. He was one of the commissioners appointed to investigate the disturbances in the Creek Nation; in 1827, he moved to Columbus, Georgia, where he built his home El Dorado, later renamed St. Elmo. Jones was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress, serving from March 4, 1833, to March 3, 1835. He later was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress, serving from March 4, 1845, to March 3, 1847. He died in Columbus, and was buried at Linwood Cemetery.

Jones's daughter, Mary Howard Jones, married Henry L. Benning, for whom Fort Benning was named. In 2002, the Seaborn Jones Memorial Park in Rockmart, Georgia, was named after Jones.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Polk County". Calhoun Times. 1 September 2004. p. 103. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
New seat
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Georgia's at-large congressional district

March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835
Succeeded by
Preceded by
At Large Districts
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Georgia's 2nd congressional district

March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847
Succeeded by