Jehu Glancy Jones

Jehu Glancy Jones ( born October 7, 1811 in Caernarvon Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, † March 24, 1878 in Reading, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1851 and 1858 he represented two times the state of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was also a 1858-1861 American envoy in Imperial Austria.

Career

Jehu Jones attended Kenyon College in Ohio. He then studied theology. In 1835 he was ordained to the clergy of the Episcopal Church. This activity he held until 1841. After studying law and his 1841 was admitted to the bar he began in Easton to work in this profession. Between 1847 and 1849 he was district attorney in Berks County. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In the years 1848, 1849 and 1855, he participated as a delegate to the regional party days of the Democrats in Pennsylvania; In 1855, he led this body. In the years 1848 and 1856 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions relevant.

In the congressional elections of 1850 Jones was in the ninth constituency of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William Strong on March 4, 1851. Since he resigned in 1852 to further candidacy, he was initially able to do only one term in Congress until March 3, 1853. These were dominated by discussions on the issue of slavery. After the death of Mr Henry Augustus Muhlenberg Jones was chosen as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in the election due for the eighth seat of his state, where he took up his new mandate on February 4, 1854. After two re- elections he could remain until his resignation on October 30, 1858 in Congress. This time was determined by the events leading up to the Civil War. From 1857 to 1858 led Jehu Jones, the Committee on Ways and Means. In the 1858 elections, he has not been confirmed; then he stepped back ahead of his mandate.

On December 7, 1858, he was appointed by President James Buchanan to the American ambassador to Austria. This office he held until 14 November 1861. After his return from Vienna, he practiced as a lawyer again. Jehu Jones died on March 24, 1878 in Reading.