Background
Jones, Richard Lloyd was born on April 14, 1873 in Janesville, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Jenkin Lloyd and Susan C. (Barber) Jones.
Jones, Richard Lloyd was born on April 14, 1873 in Janesville, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Jenkin Lloyd and Susan C. (Barber) Jones.
Student 5 years, special courses, university of Wisconsin and Chicago. Bachelor of Laws, Chicago Law School, 1897, Master of Laws, 1898. Doctor of Laws, Lincoln Memorial University, 1917.
LH. Doctorate., Hillsdale College, 1934.
Doctor of Letters, John Brown University, 1954.
Editor, Stamford (Connecticut) Telegram, 1899. Editorial writer for Washington Times, 1900-1902. Editor Cosmopolitan Magazine, 1902-1903.
Associate editor Collier’s Weekly, 1903-1911.
Editor, owner, Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, 1911-1919. Founder, editor and owner, Tulsa Tribune, since 1919.
Founded Lincoln Farm Association, 1905, which preserved Lincoln’s birthplace as a national park and erected there the Lincoln memorial. Secured joint appropriation from Kentucky Legislature and Congress of the United States for Statue of Lincoln (done by A. A. Weinman) at Hodgenville, Kentucky, Lincoln’s native town.
Secured replica for University of Wisconsin campus.
Chairman board visitors University of Wisconsin, 1911-1919. Member Federal Prison Labor Commission, 1905-1911, United States Board Conciliation (Department Labor), 1921-1928. Trustee Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, 1909-1919, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, since 1933, Hillsdale (Michigan) College, since 1933, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, since 1939.
Clubs: Capitol Hill (Washington).
Married Georgia Hayden, April. Children: Richard L. Junior.