Phineas Jones
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April 18, 1819
Phineas Jones | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 6th district | |
| In office March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 | |
| Preceded by | John L. Blake |
| Succeeded by | William H. F. Fiedler |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Phineas Jones April 18, 1819 |
| Died | April 19, 1884 (aged 65) |
| Resting place | Evergreen Cemetery in Hillside, New Jersey |
| Party | Republican |
Phineas Jones (April 18, 1819 – April 19, 1884) was an American businessman and Republican politician who represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for one term from 1881 to 1883.
Jones was born in Spencer, Massachusetts, on April 18, 1819, to Phineas Jones, a soldier in the American Revolutionary War, and Hannah Phillips, a descendant of Rev. George Phillips who settled Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1630.[1]
Early career
He attended the common schools in Spencer and moved to Elizabeth, New Jersey (then called Elizabethtown) in 1855, where he was a member of the city council of Elizabeth from 1856 to 1860. He moved to Newark in 1860 and engaged in manufacturing and mercantile pursuits.
He was vice president of the New Jersey State Agricultural Society, and served as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1873 and 1874.
Congress
Jones was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1881 - March 3, 1883, but declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1882.
