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 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.

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  • 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 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.
  • George Jones war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker. George Jones, dessen Vater Noble Wimberly Jones Delegierter zum Kontinentalkongress war, studierte Medizin und praktizierte dieses Fach einige Jahre. Er nahm am Amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieg teil und geriet zeitweise in englische Haft. Später war Jones Abgeordneter im Repräsentantenhaus und im Senat von Georgia. 1812 nahm er am Britisch-Amerikanischen Krieg teil. Nach dem Tod von Abraham Baldwin trat Jones am 27. August 1807 seine Nachfolge im Senat der Vereinigten Staaten an, bis William Harris Crawford am 7. November 1807 nachrückte. Von 1812 bis 1814 war er Bürgermeister von Savannah.
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  • 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 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.
  • George Jones war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker. George Jones, dessen Vater Noble Wimberly Jones Delegierter zum Kontinentalkongress war, studierte Medizin und praktizierte dieses Fach einige Jahre. Er nahm am Amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieg teil und geriet zeitweise in englische Haft. Später war Jones Abgeordneter im Repräsentantenhaus und im Senat von Georgia. 1812 nahm er am Britisch-Amerikanischen Krieg teil. Nach dem Tod von Abraham Baldwin trat Jones am 27.
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  • George Jones (Senator)
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