George Wallace Jones, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Wallace Jones

American politician, judge and diplomat

Date of Birth: 12-Apr-1804

Place of Birth: Vincennes, Indiana, United States

Date of Death: 22-Jul-1896

Profession: judge, politician, diplomat

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

George Wallace Jones (April 12, 1804 – July 22, 1896), a frontiersman, entrepreneur, attorney, and judge, was among the first two United States Senators to represent the state of Iowa after it was admitted to the Union in 1846.
A Democrat who was elected before the birth of the Republican Party, Jones served over ten years in the Senate, from December 7, 1848 to March 3, 1859.
During the American Civil War, he was arrested by Federal authorities and briefly jailed on suspicion of having pro-Confederate sympathies.