{{Short description|American politician (1813–1869)}} {{no footnotes|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Roland Jones | image = | alt = | caption = | state = Louisiana | district = 4th | term_start = March 4, 1853 | term_end = March 3, 1855 | predecessor = [[John Moore (Whig)|John Moore]] | successor = [[John M. Sandidge]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1813|11|18}} | birth_place = [[Salisbury, North Carolina]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1869|2|5|1813|11|18}} | death_place = [[Shreveport, Louisiana]], U.S. | resting_place = Oakland Cemetery, Shreveport, Louisiana | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | education = [[Cambridge Law School]] | profession = Lawyer, Politician, Judge | office1 = Member of the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]] | term_start1 = 1844 | term_end1 = 1848 | office2 = District Judge of Caddo Parish | term_start2 = 1851 | term_end2 = 1852 | term_start3 = 1860 | term_end3 = 1868 }}
'''Roland Jones''' (November 18, 1813 – February 5, 1869) was an American politician who represented [[Louisiana]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1853 to 1855.
Jones was born in [[Salisbury, North Carolina]] where he attended private schools. Later, he taught school in [[Wilkesboro, North Carolina]] from 1830 to 1835. He graduated from [[Cambridge Law School]] in 1838 and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in [[Brandon, Mississippi]]. He was also editor of the ''Brandon Republican'' from 1838 to 1840 before he moved to [[Shreveport, Louisiana]] in 1840 and resumed the practice of law.
Jones was a member of the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]] from 1844 to 1848 and a district judge of Caddo Parish in 1851 and 1852. He was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[Thirty-third Congress]] (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855) but was not a candidate for renomination in 1854. After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law. He was again elected district judge in 1860 and served until 1868. He died in Shreveport, Louisiana and was buried in Oakland Cemetery.
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