James C. Jones
(1809-1859)
American politician
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James Chamberlain Jones (April 20, 1809 – October 29, 1859) was an American politician who served as the Governor of Tennessee from 1841 to 1845, and as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1851 to 1857. A Whig, Jones twice defeated rising politician James K. Polk for the governorship (in 1841 and 1843). He was the first native-born Tennessean to be elected governor.
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20 April 1809 Davidson County, Tennessee, U.S.
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29 October 1859 (aged 50) Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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| Zodiac | Aries |
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