George Jones (Georgia politician)

For the U.S. senator from Iowa, see George Wallace Jones.

George Jones
United States Senator from Georgia
In office August 27, 1807 – November 7, 1807
Appointed by	Jared Irwin
Preceded by	Abraham Baldwin
Succeeded by	William H. Crawford
Personal details
Born	(1766-02-25)February 25, 1766 Savannah, Georgia
Died	November 13, 1838(1838-11-13) (aged 72) Savannah, Georgia
Political party	Democratic-Republican

George Jones (February 25, 1766 – November 13, 1838) was a United States senator from Georgia. Born in Savannah, he received an academic training, studied medicine with his father, and practiced for a number of years. He participated in the American Revolutionary War. He was captured by the British Army as a prisoner of war and during 1780 and 1781 was imprisoned upon an English ship. He was later a member of the Georgia House of Representatives and Georgia Senate, and during the War of 1812 he served as captain of a company of Savannah reserves. He was a member of the Savannah board of aldermen in 1793–1794, 1802–1803, and 1814–1815, and was mayor of Savannah from 1812 to 1814. He was appointed judge of the eastern judicial circuit of Georgia in 1804, and served until he became a U.S. senator, appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Abraham Baldwin and serving from August 27, 1807, to November 7, 1807, when a successor was elected.

Jones died in Savannah and was interred in Bonaventure Cemetery.

His father, Noble Wimberly Jones, was a Georgia delegate to the Continental Congress, and his grandfather, Noble Jones, was one of Georgia's first settlers.

See also

• Wormsloe Historic Site
• 510 East York Street, one of his former properties in Savannah

References

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• United States Congress. "George Jones (id: J000220)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.