Hamilton Chamberlain Jones (September 26, 1884 – August 10, 1957) was a United States representative from North Carolina. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, and attended the schools of Charlotte, Central High School in Washington, D.C., and Horners Military SchoolinOxford, North Carolina. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1906 and Columbia Law School in 1907, having studied law at both institutions.[1][2] At UNC he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.[3]
Jones was admitted to the bar in 1906 and commenced practice in Charlotte in 1910, and also engaged in various agricultural pursuits. He was Judge of City Recorder's Court and Juvenile Court of Charlotte from 1913 to 1919, assistant United States district attorney for the western district of North Carolina from 1919 to 1921, and served in the State senate from 1925 to 1927. He was a trustee of the University of North Carolina, was elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth, Eighty-first, and Eighty-second Congresses (January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953), but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress. He resumed the practice of law, dying in Charlotte, North Carolina August 10, 1957. Jones was interred in Evergreen Cemetery. His home at Charlotte, the Hamilton C. Jones III House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[4]
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress| North Carolina Senate | ||
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| Preceded by
Frank Armfield |
Member of the North Carolina Senate from the 20th district 1925–1927 Served alongside: William A. Foil |
Succeeded by
Fabius J. Haywood |
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 10th congressional district 1947–1953 |
Succeeded by |