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{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Asahel Wellington Jones
|image=Asa W. Jones 1897.jpg
|caption=circa 1897
|order=24th
|office=Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
|term_start=January 13, 1896
|term_end=January 8, 1900
|governor=[[Asa S. Bushnell]]
|preceded=[[Andrew L. Harris]]
|succeeded=[[John A. Caldwell]]
|order2=5th
|office2=President of Ohio State Bar Association
|term_start2=December 31, 1884
|term_end2=December 30, 1885
|preceded2=[[Durbin Ward]]
|succeeded2=[[William J. Gilmore]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1838|9|18}}
| birth_place = [[Johnstonsville, Ohio]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1918|10|9|1838|9|18}}
| death_place = [[Trumbull County, Ohio]]
| restingplace=
| party= [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Jeanette Palmer<br>Louise Brice
| children = two
|alma_mater = [[Western Reserve Academy]]
|signature=Asahel Wellington Jones signature.png
}}
{{Commons category|Asa W. Jones}}
'''Asahel Wellington Jones''' (September 18, 1838 &ndash; October 9, 1918) was an American [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] politician who served as the 24th [[lieutenant governor of Ohio]] from 1896 to 1900.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/electResultsMain/Historical%20Election%20Comparisons/Lieutenant%20Governors%20of%20the%20State%20of%20Ohio%201852%20-%20present.aspx |title=Ohio Secretary of State |access-date=2008-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605073310/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/electResultsMain/Historical%20Election%20Comparisons/Lieutenant%20Governors%20of%20the%20State%20of%20Ohio%201852%20-%20present.aspx |archive-date=2008-06-05 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Jones was born September 18, 1838, at [[Johnstonsville, Ohio|Johnstonsville]], [[Trumbull County, Ohio]], son of William P. Jones, born in Trumbull County, and Mary J. Bond, born in New York.<ref>[[#trum|Trumbull 1882]] : 218</ref> He was raised on a farm and educated in the public schools. He attended [[Western Reserve Academy]].<ref name=bench/> He read law in [[Warren, Ohio|Warren]], and was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] 1859.<ref name=rep>[[#smith98|Smith 1898]] : 667</ref> In 1861, he opened an office in [[Mecca, Ohio]], during the [[oil boom]] there.<ref name=ohio>[[#ryan|Randall 1915]] : 525-529</ref> In 1864, he moved to [[Youngstown, Ohio|Youngstown]]. His practice there concentrated on personal injury lawsuits involving railroads.<ref name="ohio"/> In 1869, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of [[Mahoning County, Ohio|Mahoning County]], and re-elected in 1871.<ref name=rep/> He later was general council for the [[Pittsburg and Western Railroad]], and attorney for the [[Pennsylvania Company|Pennsylvania Railroad Company]], and the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]]. He was director and a large stockholder of the Second National Bank of Youngstown, and the Dollar Savings and Trust Company.<ref name=bench>[[#reed|Reed 1897]] : 265-268</ref>

In 1880 Jones was a delegate to the Republican National Convention. In December, 1884, he was elected President of the [[Ohio State Bar Association]].<ref name=rep/><ref>[[#barassoc|Bar Association 1888]] : 99</ref> [[Ohio Governor|Governor]] [[Joseph B. Foraker|Foraker]] appointed him judge advocate general of the state.<ref name=ohio/> In 1895, he was nominated at the state Republican Convention, and won election as Lieutenant Governor.<ref>1895 election Jones 425,871 Democrat John W. Peaslee 331,521 from [[#smith98|Smith 1898]] : 665</ref> He won re-election in 1897.

In 1906, Jones retired from legal practice, and concentrated on farming at [[Hartford, Ohio|Hartford]]. He was married September 24, 1861, to Jeanette Palmer, who had two children, and died in 1901. In 1904, he married Louise Brice of [[Oberlin, Ohio]], a graduate of [[Oberlin College]].<ref name=ohio/>

Jones died in his country home in Trumbull County on October 9, 1918.<ref name=obit/> Jones was a member of the [[Methodist Episcopal]] faith,<ref name=obit>[[#bar19|Bar Association 1919]] :126-129</ref> and was a [[Freemasonry|Freemason]]<ref>[[#upton|Upton 1909]] : 308</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{cite book|ref=smith98|title=History of the Republican Party in Ohio |editor-first=Joseph P |editor-last=Smith |year=1898 |volume=I |publisher=the Lewis Publishing Company |location=Chicago |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eaAFAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA667}}
*{{cite book|ref=ryan|title=History of Ohio: the Rise and Progress of an American State |volume=6 |first1=Emilius |last1=Randall |first2=Daniel Joseph |last2=Ryan |author-link2=Daniel J. Ryan|publisher=The Century History Company |location=New York |year=1915 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oQ8WAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA525}}
*{{cite book |ref=reed|title=Bench and Bar of Ohio: a Compendium of History and Biography |editor1-first=George Irving |editor1-last=Reed |editor2-first=Emilius Oviatt |editor2-last=Randall |editor3-first=Charles Theodore |editor3-last=Greve |volume=2 |year=1897 |publisher=Century Publishing and Engraving Company |location=Chicago |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Of08AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA265}}
*{{cite book |ref=barassoc|title=Reports ... Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Association ...., Volume 9 |publisher=[[Ohio State Bar Association]] |year=1888 |page=99 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gVgZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA99}}
*{{cite book |title=History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties |volume=1 |ref=trum|location=Cleveland |year=1882 |publisher=H Z Williams and Brother |pages=218–219 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zxkVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA218}}
*{{cite book |ref=bar19|title=Reports ... Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Association ....|volume=40 |publisher=[[Ohio State Bar Association]] |year=1919 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pl8ZAAAAYAAJ&q=Asahel+W.+Jones&pg=PA126}}
*{{cite book |title=A twentieth century history of Trumbull County, Ohio |volume=2 |first=Harriet Taylor|last=Upton|author-link=Harriet Taylor Upton| year=1909 |pages=306–308 |publisher=Lewis Publishing |location=Chicago |ref=upton| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WIMUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA306}}

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{{s-bef|before=[[William V. Marquis]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Lieutenant Governor of Ohio]]|years=1896–1900}}
{{s-aft|after=[[John A. Caldwell]]}}
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