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Jones was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina , and attended Elise Academy , in Hemp, North Carolina . He received a Bachelor Of Science in 1934 from North Carolina State University in Raleigh . He became a Business person, then the Mayor of Farmville, North Carolina from 1949–1953. He was a member of the North Carolina General Assembly from 1955–1959, and a member of the North Carolina State Senate in 1965. Jones was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth Congress Of The United States by Special Election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative Herbert C. Bonner , and reelected to the 90th , 91st , 92nd , 93rd , 94th , 95th , 96th , 97th , 98th , 99th , 100th , 101st , and 102nd United States Congress es, serving from February 5 , 1966 to September 15 , 1992 . He was the chairman of the Committee On Merchant Marine And Fisheries from the 97th through 102nd Congresses. He died in Norfolk, Virginia . REFERENCES |
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