OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
John Winston Jones

BORN:
November 22, 1791
Amelia County, Virginia

DIED:
January 29, 1848 (age 56)
Petersburg, Virginia

EDUCATION:
College of William & Mary

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat,
Jacksonian 

HIGHLIGHTS:
1813:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Chesterfield County, Virginia
1818:
Prosecuting Attorney for the Fifth Virginia Circuit 
1829-1830:
Member of the Virginia State Constitutional Convention
1835-1845:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
1839-1841:
Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee 
1843-1845:
Speaker of the House of Representatives
1846-1847:
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
1847:
Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates

SOURCES:
U.S. House of Representatives
Biographical Directory of Congress
Wikipedia

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