James K. Jones

James Kimbrough Jones (September 29, 1839 – June 1, 1908) was a Confederate Army veteran, plantation owner, lawyer, US congressional representative, United States senator and chairman of the Democratic National Committee from Arkansas. He was a Democrat.

Born in Marshall County, Mississippi, Jones moved with his father to Dallas County, Arkansas in 1848. He pursued classical studies under a private tutor. During the American Civil War, Jones served in the Confederate Army. After the war he returned to his Arkansas plantation.

He studied law and in 1874 was admitted to the bar, practicing in Washington, Arkansas.^[2] From 1873 to 1879, he was a member of the Arkansas State Senate, and was President of the Arkansas Senate from 1877 to 1879. His post office was listed as in Washington, Arkansas in Hempstead County, Arkansas. In 1896 and 1900, he was the chairman of the Democratic National Committee.^[2]

Jones was elected to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885); he was re-elected to the Forty-ninth but tendered his resignation on February 19, 1885, having been elected to the United States Senate that year. Jones was reelected in 1891 and 1897 and served from March 4, 1885, to March 3, 1903, unsuccessfully seeking reelection in 1902. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs (Fifty-third Congress), Committee on Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Private Land Claims (Fifty-fifth Congress.)^[2]

After his congressional service, Jones resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C., where he died; he was buried in Rock Creek Cemetery.

• United States Congress. "James K. Jones (id: J000231)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on March 24, 2010