Asa W. Jones
Asahel Wellington Jones | |
|---|---|
 circa 1897 | |
| 24thLieutenant Governor of Ohio | |
| In office January 13, 1896 – January 8, 1900 | |
| Governor | Asa S. Bushnell |
| Preceded by | Andrew L. Harris |
| Succeeded by | John A. Caldwell |
| 5thPresident of Ohio State Bar Association | |
| In office December 31, 1884 – December 30, 1885 | |
| Preceded by | Durbin Ward |
| Succeeded by | William J. Gilmore |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 18, 1838 Johnstonsville, Ohio |
| Died | October 9, 1918(aged 80) Trumbull County, Ohio |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Jeanette Palmer Louise Brice |
| Children | two |
| Alma mater | Western Reserve Academy |
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Asahel Wellington Jones(September 18, 1838 – October 9, 1918) was an AmericanRepublicanpolitician who served as the 24thlieutenant governor of Ohiofrom 1896 to 1900.[1]
Jones was born September 18, 1838, atJohnstonsville,Trumbull County, Ohio,son of William P. Jones, born in Trumbull County, and Mary J. Bond, born in New York.[2]He was raised on a farm and educated in the public schools. He attendedWestern Reserve Academy.[3]He read law inWarren,and wasadmitted to the bar1859.[4]In 1861, he opened an office inMecca, Ohio,during theoil boomthere.[5]In 1864, he moved toYoungstown.His practice there concentrated on personal injury lawsuits involving railroads.[5]In 1869, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney ofMahoning County,and re-elected in 1871.[4]He later was general council for thePittsburg and Western Railroad,and attorney for thePennsylvania Railroad Company,and theBaltimore and Ohio Railroad.He was director and a large stockholder of the Second National Bank of Youngstown, and the Dollar Savings and Trust Company.[3]
In 1880 Jones was a delegate to the Republican National Convention. In December, 1884, he was elected President of theOhio State Bar Association.[4][6]GovernorForakerappointed him judge advocate general of the state.[5]In 1895, he was nominated at the state Republican Convention, and won election as Lieutenant Governor.[7]He won re-election in 1897.
In 1906, Jones retired from legal practice, and concentrated on farming atHartford.He was married September 24, 1861, to Jeanette Palmer, who had two children, and died in 1901. In 1904, he married Louise Brice ofOberlin, Ohio,a graduate ofOberlin College.[5]
Jones died in his country home in Trumbull County on October 9, 1918.[8]Jones was a member of theMethodist Episcopalfaith,[8]and was aFreemason[9]
Notes
[edit]- ^"Ohio Secretary of State".Archived fromthe originalon 2008-06-05.Retrieved2008-06-04.
- ^Trumbull 1882:218
- ^abReed 1897:265-268
- ^abcSmith 1898:667
- ^abcdRandall 1915:525-529
- ^Bar Association 1888:99
- ^1895 election Jones 425,871 Democrat John W. Peaslee 331,521 fromSmith 1898:665
- ^abBar Association 1919:126-129
- ^Upton 1909:308
References
[edit]- Smith, Joseph P, ed. (1898).History of the Republican Party in Ohio.Vol. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company.
- Randall, Emilius;Ryan, Daniel Joseph(1915).History of Ohio: the Rise and Progress of an American State.Vol. 6. New York: The Century History Company.
- Reed, George Irving; Randall, Emilius Oviatt; Greve, Charles Theodore, eds. (1897).Bench and Bar of Ohio: a Compendium of History and Biography.Vol. 2. Chicago: Century Publishing and Engraving Company.
- Reports... Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Association...., Volume 9.Ohio State Bar Association.1888. p. 99.
- History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties.Vol. 1. Cleveland: H Z Williams and Brother. 1882. pp. 218–219.
- Reports... Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Association...Vol. 40.Ohio State Bar Association.1919.
- Upton, Harriet Taylor(1909).A twentieth century history of Trumbull County, Ohio.Vol. 2. Chicago: Lewis Publishing. pp. 306–308.
