Francis JONES, Congress, TN

JONES, Francis, a Representative from Tennessee; birth date unknown; received a limited schooling; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Winchester, Tenn.; solicitor general of the third Tennessee district in 1815; elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Congresses (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1823); resumed the practice of his profession in Winchester, Franklin County, Tenn., and died there; death date unknown.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present