Walter Beaman Jones

Background

Jones was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and attended Elise Academy, in Hemp, North Carolina.

Education

He received a Bachelor of Science in 1934 from North Carolina State University in Raleigh.

Career

Jones became a businessman. After getting established in local life, Jones was elected as mayor of Farmville from 1949 to 1953. He was elected to the North Carolina General Assembly from 1955 to 1959, and to the North Carolina State Senate in 1965.

Jones was elected as a Democrat to the 89th United States Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative Herbert C. Bonner.

He was reelected to the 90th, 91st, 92nd, 93rd, 94th, 95th, 96th, 97th, 98th, 99th, 100th, 101st, and 102nd United States Congresses, serving from February 5, 1966 to September 15, 1992. He was the chairman of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries from the 97th through 102nd Congresses.

He died in Norfolk, Virginia. Walter Senior is buried in Forest Hills Cemetery in Farmville North Carolina.

Connections

Father:

Walter George Jones

Mother:

Fannie (Anderson) Jones

Spouse:

Doris Long

Spouse:

Elizabeth Fischer.

child:

Mistress Dotdee Slaughter Jones

child:

Walter Beaman II Jones