George Wallace Jones

George Jones
United States Minister to New Granada
In office August 29, 1859 – November 4, 1861
President	James Buchanan Abraham Lincoln
Preceded by	James B. Bowlin
Succeeded by	Allan Burton (Colombia)
United States Senator from Iowa
In office December 7, 1848 – March 3, 1859
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	James W. Grimes
Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Wisconsin Territory's at-large district
In office December 5, 1836 – January 3, 1839
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	James D. Doty
Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Michigan Territory's at-large district
In office March 4, 1835 – June 15, 1836
Preceded by	Lucius Lyon
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	(1804-04-12)April 12, 1804 Vincennes, Indiana, U.S.
Died	July 22, 1896(1896-07-22) (aged 92) Dubuque, Iowa, U.S.
Political party	Jacksonian (Before 1837) Democratic (1837–1896)
Education	Transylvania University (BA)
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George Wallace Jones (April 12, 1804 – July 22, 1896) was an American frontiersman, entrepreneur, attorney, and judge, was among the first two United States Senators to represent the state of Iowa after it was admitted to the Union in 1846. A Democrat who was elected before the birth of the Republican Party, Jones served over ten years in the Senate, from December 7, 1848 to March 3, 1859. During the American Civil War, he was arrested by Federal authorities and briefly jailed on suspicion of having pro-Confederate sympathies.