Daniel T. Jones (politician)

Daniel Terryll Jones (August 17, 1800 – March 29, 1861) was a physician, an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New York, serving two terms in the House from 1851 to 1855.

Daniel Terryll Jones
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 24th district
In office
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855
Preceded byDaniel Gott
Succeeded byAmos P. Granger
Personal details
BornAugust 17, 1800 (1800-08-17)
Hebron, Connecticut
DiedMarch 29, 1861 (1861-03-30) (aged 60)
Baldwinsville, New York
Citizenship United States
Political partyDemocratic Party
SpouseEliza Lawrence Jones
Alma materYale College
Professionphysician

postmaster

politician

Biography

Born in Hebron, Connecticut, Jones was the son of Daniel and Lydia White Jones. He received a liberal schooling,[1] and graduated from the medical department of Yale College in 1826. He began the practice of his profession in Amboy, New York.

Career

Jones moved to Baldwinsville, New York, in 1841, where he continued to practice medicine and also served as Postmaster. A well-respected doctor, several prospective physicians studied with him before beginning their own practices. He married Eliza Lawrence in Washington D. C.[2]

Tenure in Congress

Elected as a Democrat, representing New York's twenty-fourth district, to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses, Jones served from March 4, 1851, to March 3, 1855.[3] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1854.

Later career and death

After leaving office, he resumed the practice of medicine in Baldwinsville. He became a Republican after the party was founded, and in 1858 he was Chairman of the Republican Convention at Syracuse, New York.

Death

Jones died in Baldwinsville, New York, on March 29, 1861 (age 60 years, 224 days). He is interred at Riverside Cemetery, Baldwinsville, New York.[4]

References
  1. Daniel T. Jones at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
  2. "Daniel T. Jones". Portraits Attributed to Cook: The New York Years (ca 1839-1892). Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  3. "Daniel T. Jones". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  4. "Daniel T. Jonew". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 27 July 2013.


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