{{Short description|American politician}} {{Distinguish|James "T" Jones|James T. Jones IV}}

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{{Infobox officeholder | image=James Taylor Jones, U.S. Congressman (1).jpg | image_size= | state1=[[Alabama]] | district1=[[Alabama's 1st congressional district|1st]] | term_start1=March 4, 1877 | term_end1=March 3, 1879 | predecessor1= [[Jeremiah Haralson]] | successor1= [[Thomas H. Herndon]] | term_start2=December 3, 1883 | term_end2=March 3, 1889 | predecessor2= [[Thomas H. Herndon]] | successor2= [[Richard H. Clarke]] | office3= [[Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee]] | predecessor3= [[John E. Kenna]] | successor3= [[Roswell P. Flower]] | term3= 1888 | office4=Member of the [[Alabama Senate]] | term4=1872-1873 | birth_name=James Taylor Jones | birth_date ={{Birth date|1832|07|20}} | birth_place =[[Richmond, Virginia]] | death_date ={{Death date and age|1895|01|15|1832|07|20}} | death_place =[[Demopolis, Alabama]] | party =[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | resting_place = | alma_mater = | profession = }}

'''James Taylor Jones''' (July 20, 1832 &ndash; February 15, 1895) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Alabama]].

==Biography== Born in [[Richmond, Virginia]], Jones moved with his family to [[Marengo County, Alabama]], in 1834. He pursued classical studies and graduated from Princeton College in 1852 and from the law school of the [[University of Virginia at Charlottesville]] in 1855. He was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] in 1856 and commenced his law practice in [[Demopolis, Alabama]]. <!-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], Jones enlisted in the [[Confederate States Army]] as a private in the Fourth Alabama Regiment.

Jones was elected captain of Company D in this regiment in 1862. He was appointed judge advocate general in the Confederate War Department in 1864 and served until the close of the war.

He was wounded during the Seven Days Battle near Richmond, Virginia. A minie ball struck a ten dollar gold piece in his pocket. Jones nearly died after gangrene formed around the injury. The event was mentioned on page 48 in R.T.Coles’s “From Huntsville to Appomattox: History of 4th Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A., Army of Northern Virginia”

He served as a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1865. He ran for the State Senate in 1872, but lost in a contested election. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1874 to the [[44th United States Congress|Forty-fourth]] Congress when he ran against [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Charles Hays]].

However, Jones was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[45th United States Congress|Forty-fifth]] Congress (March 4, 1877 &ndash; March 3, 1879). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the [[46th United States Congress|Forty-sixth]] Congress.

Jones was elected to the [[48th United States Congress|Forty-eighth]] Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas H. Herndon. He was reelected to the [[49th United States Congress|Forty-ninth]] and [[50th United States Congress|Fiftieth]] Congresses and served from December 3, 1883, to March 3, 1889. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1888.

While he a candidate himself in 1888, he still played a roll in [[1888 United States House of Representatives elections|the House elections]]. In April 1888, he was selected to head the [[Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee]] for the election cycle.<ref>{{cite web |title=James Taylor Jones |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/33356763 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription |publisher=The Inter Ocean |access-date=10 April 2025 |language=en |date=April 14, 1888}}</ref>

He resumed the practice of law in [[Demopolis, Alabama]]. Jones was elected Circuit judge of the first judicial circuit of Alabama from 1890 until his death in [[Demopolis, Alabama]], January 15, 1895. He was interred in Lyon Cemetery.

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{{s-start}} {{s-par|us-hs}} {{US House succession box | state = Alabama| district = 1| before= [[Jeremiah Haralson]]| after = [[Thomas H. Herndon]] | years=March 4, 1877{{spaced ndash}}March 3, 1879 }} {{US House succession box | state = Alabama| district = 1| before= [[Thomas H. Herndon]]| after = [[Richard Henry Clarke|Richard H. Clarke]] | years=December 3, 1883{{spaced ndash}}March 3, 1889 }} {{s-end}}

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