Background
Jones, Walter Clyde was born on December 27, 1870 in Pilot Grove, Iowa, United States. Son of Jonathan and Sarah (Buffington) Jones.
Jones, Walter Clyde was born on December 27, 1870 in Pilot Grove, Iowa, United States. Son of Jonathan and Sarah (Buffington) Jones.
Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State College, 1891. Bachelor of Laws, Chicago College of Law (Lake Forest U.), 1895.
Bar, 1895, in general and patent practice, Chicago. Member of law firm of Jones, Addington, Ames & Seibold, Chicago and New New York Vice-president, director Benjamin Electric Manufacturing Company.
Member of law firm of Jones, Addington, Ames & Seibold, Chicago and New New York Member Illinois Senate, 5th District, 1906-1914 (author Illinois Direct Primary Law, Women's Ten-Hour Law and reform rules for legislature insuring majority control). Member War Industries Board, 1918.
Joint author and editor (with K. H. Addington): Jones and Addington’s Annotated Statutes of Illinois.
Married Emma Boyd, 1896. Children: Walter Clyde, Helen Gwendolyn, Clarence B.