George Jones | |
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| United States Minister to New Granada | |
| In office August 29, 1859 – November 4, 1861 | |
| President | James Buchanan Abraham Lincoln |
| Preceded by | James B. Bowlin |
| Succeeded by | Allan Burton (Colombia) |
| United States Senator from Iowa | |
| In office December 7, 1848 – March 3, 1859 | |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | James W. Grimes |
| Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Wisconsin Territory's at-large district | |
| In office December 5, 1836 – January 3, 1839 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | James D. Doty |
| Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Michigan Territory's at-large district | |
| In office March 4, 1835 – June 15, 1836 | |
| Preceded by | Lucius Lyon |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 12, 1804 Vincennes, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | July 22, 1896 (aged 92) Dubuque, Iowa, U.S. |
| Political party | Jacksonian (Before 1837) Democratic (1837–1896) |
| Education | Transylvania University (BA) |
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George Wallace Jones (April 12, 1804 – July 22, 1896) was an American frontiersman, entrepreneur, attorney, and judge, was among the first two United States Senators to represent the state of Iowa after it was admitted to the Union in 1846. A Democrat who was elected before the birth of the Republican Party, Jones served over ten years in the Senate, from December 7, 1848 to March 3, 1859. During the American Civil War, he was arrested by Federal authorities and briefly jailed on suspicion of having pro-Confederate sympathies.