Owen Jones (congressman)

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Owen Jones (December 29, 1819–December 25, 1878) was a Democrat member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Owen Jones was born near Ardmore, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. He studied law in Philadelphia, was admitted to the bar of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1842, and commenced practice in Ardmore.

Jones was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress. While in Congress, he served as chairman of the United States Hosue Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1858. During the American Civil War, Jones raised a troop of Cavalry (Troop B, First Pennsylvania Cavalry). He resumed the practice of law, and died near Ardmore. Interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by John Cadwalader

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district 1857 - 1859

Succeeded by John Wood