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James C. Jones

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American politician (1809-1859)

United StatesPoliticiansLived 1809 to 1859 · aged 50
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James Chamberlain Jones was an American politician who served as the tenth governor of Tennessee from 1841 to 1845, and as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1851 to 1857. S. President James K. Polk for the governorship, in 1841 and 1843.

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Image from William G. Brownlow's A Political Register praising Jones' victory in the 1843 electionImage from William G. Brownlow's A Political Register praising Jones' victory in the 1843 election

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James Chamberlain Jones was an American politician who served as the tenth governor of Tennessee from 1841 to 1845, and as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1851 to 1857. A Whig, Jones twice defeated future U.S. President James K. Polk for the governorship, in 1841 and 1843. He was the first native-born Tennessean to be elected governor of the state.

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United States
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Politicians
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Politician
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Lived 1809 to 1859 · aged 50
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