Alexander H. Jones
"July 21, 1822 -- January 29, 1901) Alexander Hamilton Jones was a(n) merchant, soldier, public servant, and American politician. He was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Alexander enlisted in the Union Army in 1863, was captured in east Tennessee while raising a regiment of Union Volunteers and imprisoned, escaped (November 14, 1864), and rejoined the Union forces in Cumberland, Maryland. He served as a member of the state convention (1865). Jones was elected as a Republican to the 40th and 41st Congress (July 6, 1868 - March 3, 1871). He was elected to the 39th Congress but was not permitted to qualify and was not elected in 1870. [Source: 'Biographical Congress of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=J000208]"
Member of
North Carolina Delegation - The Civil Rights Act of 1875
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North Carolina Delegation - United States Fifteenth Amendment
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