Seaborn Jones
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 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 was at Linwood Cemetery.
Jones' daughter, Mary Howard Jones, married Henry L. Benning, for whom Fort Benning is named. In 2002, the Seaborn Jones Memorial Park in Rockmart, Georgia was named after Jones.[1]
References
- ^ "Polk County". Calhoun Times. 1 September 2004. p. 103. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- United States Congress. "Seaborn Jones (id: J000252)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- 1788 births
- 1864 deaths
- Politicians from Augusta, Georgia
- American people of Welsh descent
- Princeton University alumni
- Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state)
- American slave owners
- 19th-century American politicians