Walter Jones (Virginia politician)

Walter Jones
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 8th district
In office March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1811
Preceded by	Thomas Claiborne
Succeeded by	John Hungerford
Member of the Virginia Senate from Lancaster, Richmond and Northumberland Counties
In office 1802–1803
Preceded by	John Tayloe
Succeeded by	Richard Barnes
In office 1785–1786
Preceded by	William Peachey
Succeeded by	John Gordon
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 19th district
In office March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799
Preceded by	John Heath
Succeeded by	Henry Lee
Personal details
Born	December 18, 1745 Williamsburg, Virginia
Died	December 31, 1815 (aged 70) Westmoreland County, Virginia
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic-Republican
Alma mater	College of William and Mary (1760)
Profession	Physician

Walter Jones (December 18, 1745 – December 31, 1815) was an 18th and 19th century politician and physician from Virginia.

Biography

Born in Williamsburg, Virginia, Jones graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1760. He studied medicine in Edinburgh, Scotland and received a degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1770.

He returned to Northumberland County, Virginia and became physician general of the Middle Military Department in 1777. Jones was a member of the Virginia Senate from 1785 to 1787 and was a delegate to the Virginia Ratifying Convention in 1788. He was elected a Democratic-Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1796, serving from 1797 to 1799. He returned to the state Senate in 1802 and 1803 and was elected back to the House of Representatives again in 1802, serving from 1803 to 1811.

During the 1820s, Jones was a member of the prestigious society, Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences, who counted among their members former presidents Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams and many prominent men of the day, including well-known representatives of the military, government service, medical and other professions.^[1]

Jones died in Westmoreland County, Virginia on December 31, 1815 and was interred there in the family cemetery at "Hayfield" near what is now Callo, Virginia.

References

1. Rathbun, Richard. The Columbian institute for the promotion of arts and sciences: A Washington Society of 1816-1838. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, October 18, 1917. Retrieved 2010-06-20.

External links

• Walter Jones at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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