Background
Jones, Robert Franklin was born on June 25, 1907 in Cairo, Ohio, United States. Son of Jenkin C. and Josephine (DeVine) Jones.
United States representative lawyer politician
Jones, Robert Franklin was born on June 25, 1907 in Cairo, Ohio, United States. Son of Jenkin C. and Josephine (DeVine) Jones.
He graduated from the Lima Central High School in Lima, Ohio, in 1924 and in 1929 from Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio, with a law degree.
He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Lima, Ohio. He served as prosecuting attorney of Allen County, Ohio, from 1935 to 1939. Jones was elected in 1938 as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses.
He served until his resignation on September 2, 1947.
His appointment to the Federal Communications Commission (Federal Communication Commission) by President Harry South. Truman was confirmed by the Senate, and he served as Federal Communication Commission commissioner from September 5, 1947, until his resignation on September 19, 1952. He resumed the practice of law in Washington, District of Columbia, and died in Olney, Maryland, on June 22, 1968.
Interment in Lima Memorial Park Cemetery in Lima, Ohio.
Member Ohio State and Allen Company bar associations, Delta Sigma Phi. Mason, Odd.
Married Ida Marie Spreen, June 21, 1930. Children: Robert Franklin, Jeraldine Marie.