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David P. Jones

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David Percy Jones
David Percy Jones, c. 1903
21st & 23rd Mayor of Minneapolis
In office
January 2, 1905 – January 7, 1907
Preceded byJ. C. Haynes
Succeeded byJ. C. Haynes
In office
August 27, 1902 – January 5, 1903
Preceded byA. A. Ames
Succeeded byJ. C. Haynes
President of the Minneapolis City Council
In office
January 7, 1901 – August 27, 1902
Preceded byJohn Crosby
Succeeded byFred M. Powers
Member of the Minneapolis City Council from the 5th Ward
In office
January 2, 1899 – August 27, 1902
Personal details
BornJuly 6, 1860
Minneapolis, Minnesota
DiedAugust 3, 1927(1927-08-03) (aged 67)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Political partyRepublican
Parents
  • Edwin S. Jones (father)
  • Harriet M. James (mother)
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota
ProfessionBanker
Stockbroker

David Percy Jones (July 6, 1860 – August 3, 1927) was a banker and Republican politician who served as the 21st and 23rd mayor of Minneapolis.

Life and career

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Jones was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Edwin S. Jones and Harriet M. James. His father was a lawyer and judge who founded the Hennepin County Savings Bank and a mortgage investment firm. Jones attended Minneapolis Public Schools and the University of Minnesota, graduating in 1883 and working in his father's investment firm thereafter. In 1898, Jones was elected to the Minneapolis City Council; he served as the council's president beginning in 1900. When mayor A. A. Ames fled the city in 1902 to avoid prosecution for corruption, Jones became the city's acting mayor and enacted a series of reforms to rein in the liquor, gambling and prostitution businesses which had proliferated under Ames. While he did not stand for re-election in the fall of 1902, he ran again in 1904 and won a second term where he continued his reforms. He was defeated in his bid for re-election in 1906.[1][2]

Jones died in 1926.[3]

Electoral history

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  • Minneapolis Mayoral Election, 1904
    • David Percy Jones 18,445
    • James C. Haynes 18,189
    • Milton K. Rogers 2,682
    • Charles M. Way 777
    • Benjamin Adolphus Frankford 296
  • Minneapolis Mayoral Election, 1906

References

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  1. ^ "Career of David Percy Jones". Minnesota Election Trends Project.
  2. ^ Hudson, Horace Bushnell, ed. (1908). A Half Century of Minneapolis. Minneapolis: Hudson Pub. Co. pp. 280–282.
  3. ^ "Past and Present Mayors of Minneapolis". City of Minneapolis.
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Minneapolis
1902 – 1903
Succeeded by
Preceded by Mayor of Minneapolis
1905 – 1907
Succeeded by