| LC control no. | n 86111268 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Jones, Wesley Livsey, 1863-1932 |
| Birth date | 1863-10-09 |
| Death date | 1932-11-19 |
| Place of birth | Bethany (Ill.) |
| Place of death | Seattle (Wash.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Univ. Wash. Lib. for Seattle Audubon Society. Records, 1916-1971 (Jones, Wesley Livsey) LC data base, 8-8-87 (hdg.: Jones, Wesley Livsey, 1863-1932; usage: Jones, Wesley Livsey) Bio. Dir. Am. Con., 1774-1961: p. 1140 (Jones, Wesley Livsey; rep. and sen. from Wash.; b. 1863; elected as Republican to 56th and four succeeding Congresses (1899-1909); elected to Senate in 1909, served until his death in 1932) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed February 28, 2022 (Jones, Wesley Livsey, a Representative and a Senator from Washington; born near Bethany, Moultrie County, Ill., October 9, 1863; attended the common schools; taught school; graduated from Southern Illinois College at Enfield in 1885; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1886 and commenced practice in Decatur, Ill.; moved to North Yakima, Wash., in 1889, and continued the practice of his profession; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1909); did not seek renomination in 1908, having become a candidate for Senator; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1909; reelected in 1914, 1920, and 1926, and served from March 4, 1909, until his death on November 19, 1932; was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932; Republican whip 1924-1929; chairman, Committee on Industrial Expositions (Sixty-first Congress), Committee on Fisheries (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Disposition of Useless Executive Papers (Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses), Committee to Investigate Trespassers Upon Indian Land (Sixty-fifth Congress), Committee on Commerce (Sixty-sixth through Seventy-first Congresses), Committee on Appropriations (Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congresses); died in Seattle, Wash., November 19, 1932; remains were cremated and the ashes placed in the Bonney-Watson Mortuary, Seattle, Wash.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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