Seaborn Jones

Seaborn Jones (February 1, 1788 – March 18, 1864) was a United States Representative from Georgia. Born in Augusta, Georgia, he attended Princeton College and studied law. By a special act of the legislature, he was admitted to the bar in 1808. He commenced a legal practice in Milledgeville.

This article is about the politician. For the poet, see Seaborn Jones (poet).

Jones was appointed Solicitor General of the Ocmulgee circuit in September 1817, and was Solicitor General of Georgia in 1823. He was one of the commissioners appointed to investigate the disturbances in the Creek Nation; in 1827 he moved to Columbus, Georgia where he built his home El Dorado, later renamed St. Elmo. Jones was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress, serving from March 4, 1833 to March 3, 1835. He was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress, serving from March 4, 1845, to March 3, 1847. He died in Columbus, and was buried was at Linwood Cemetery.

Jones' daughter, Mary Howard Jones, married Henry L. Benning, for whom Fort Benning is named. In 2002, the Seaborn Jones Memorial Park in Rockmart, Georgia was named after Jones.[1]

References
  1. "Polk County". Calhoun Times. 1 September 2004. p. 103. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
New seat		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Georgia's at-large congressional district
March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835		 Succeeded by
Charles Eaton Haynes
Preceded by
At Large Districts		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Georgia's 2nd congressional district
March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847		 Succeeded by
Alfred Iverson Sr.
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