Daniel T. Jones (politician)
Daniel Terryll Jones | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 24th district | |
| In office March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855 | |
| Preceded by | Daniel Gott |
| Succeeded by | Amos P. Granger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Daniel Terryll Jones August 17, 1800 Hebron, Connecticut |
| Died | March 29, 1861 (aged 60) Baldwinsville, New York |
| Citizenship |  United States |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Eliza Lawrence Jones |
| Alma mater | Yale College |
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Daniel Terryll Jones (August 17, 1800 – March 29, 1861) was a physician, an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New York, serving two terms in the House from 1851 to 1855.
Biography
[edit]Born in Hebron, Connecticut, Jones was the son of Daniel and Lydia White Jones. He received a liberal schooling,[1] and graduated from the medical department of Yale College in 1826. He began the practice of his profession in Amboy, New York.
Career
[edit]Jones moved to Baldwinsville, New York, in 1841, where he continued to practice medicine and also served as Postmaster. A well-respected doctor, several prospective physicians studied with him before beginning their own practices. He married Eliza Lawrence in Washington D. C.[2]
Tenure in Congress
[edit]Elected as a Democrat, representing New York's twenty-fourth district, to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses, Jones served from March 4, 1851, to March 3, 1855.[3] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1854.
Later career and death
[edit]After leaving office, he resumed the practice of medicine in Baldwinsville. He became a Republican after the party was founded, and in 1858 he was Chairman of the Republican Convention at Syracuse, New York.
Death
[edit]Jones died in Baldwinsville, New York, on March 29, 1861 (age 60 years, 224 days). He is interred at Riverside Cemetery, Baldwinsville, New York.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Daniel T. Jones at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
- ^ "Daniel T. Jones". Portraits Attributed to Cook: The New York Years (ca 1839-1892). Archived from the original on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ^ "Daniel T. Jones". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ^ "Daniel T. Jonew". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
External links
[edit]- United States Congress. "Daniel T. Jones (id: J000215)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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- People from Baldwinsville, New York
- 19th-century New York (state) politicians