Jones, William Atkinson, 1849-1918

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Personal name heading	Jones, William Atkinson, 1849-1918 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Jones, W. A. (William Atkinson), 1849-1918 Jones, Mr. (William Atkinson), 1849-1918
Birth date	1849-03-21
Death date	1918-04-17
Place of birth	Warsaw (Va.)
Place of death	Warsaw (Va.)
Affiliation	United States. Congress. House
Profession or occupation	Lawyer Legislator
Found in	NUCMC data from Univ. of Virginia Lib. for Parker, J.C. Papers, 1874-1936 (Jones, William Atkinson, 1849-1918) Tyler, L. Men of mark in Va., 1907, v. 3, p. 186, etc. (Jones, William Atkinson; lawyer, Va. legislator, mem. of U.S. House of Reps.; of Warsaw, Va.) Administration of civil affairs in the Philippine Islands, 1902: p. 15 (W.A. Jones) Henry Sisson, 1892: p. 1 (Mr. Jones, from the Committee on Pensions) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, viewed online, Feb. 2, 2017 (JONES, William Atkinson, a Representative from Virginia; born in Warsaw, Richmond County, Va., on March 21, 1849; entered the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington in 1864 and served in the defense of Richmond, Va., until its evacuation; attended Coleman's School in Fredericksburg and was graduated from the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1870; was admitted to the bar in 1870 and commenced practice in Warsaw, Va.; Commonwealth attorney for several years; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1880, 1896, and 1900; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1891, until his death in Warsaw, Richmond County, Va., on April 17, 1918; chairman, Committee on Insular Affairs (Sixty-second through Sixty-fifth Congresses); interment in St. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery)