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JONES, James Chamberlain (1809-1859)

Opposition of Tennessee

0th congressional district

Served in Senate 1851-1857

Total roll-call votes cast: 801

Biography

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.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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