Hamilton Chamberlain Jones (September 26, 1884 – August 10, 1957) was a

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from

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. He was born in

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, and attended the schools of Charlotte, Central High School in

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, and Horner Military School in

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. He graduated from the

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in 1906 and

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in 1907, having studied law at both institutions. At UNC he was a member of

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fraternity. Jones was admitted to the bar in 1906 and commenced practice in Charlotte in 1910, and also engaged in various agricultural pursuits. He was Judge of City Recorder's Court and Juvenile Court of Charlotte from 1913 to 1919, assistant United States district attorney for the western district of North Carolina from 1919 to 1921, and served in the State senate from 1925 to 1927. He was a trustee of the University of North Carolina, was elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth, Eighty-first, and Eighty-second Congresses (January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953), but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress. He resumed the practice of law, dying in Charlotte, North Carolina August 10, 1957. Jones was interred in Evergreen Cemetery. His home at Charlotte, the Hamilton C. Jones III House, was listed on the

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in 2002.

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* * , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Hamilton C. 1884 births 1957 deaths Politicians from Charlotte, North Carolina American people of Welsh descent Columbia Law School alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni Democratic Party North Carolina state senators Lawyers from Charlotte, North Carolina 20th-century American lawyers Sigma Alpha Epsilon members 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 20th-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly