John D. Jones

John D. Jones

23rd Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
In office 1897–1899
Preceded by	Samuel R. Van Sant
Succeeded by	Arthur N. Dare
Personal details
Born	1849 Pennsylvania
Died	1914
Political party	Republican
Residence	Long Prairie, Minnesota
Alma mater	Lewisburg University
Profession	Lawyer

John D. Jones (1849–1914) was a Minnesota politician and Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives.

Jones was born in Pennsylvania. First elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1894, he served two terms, becoming speaker in 1897. In 1898, Jones successfully ran for a seat in the Minnesota Senate, where he served until 1902.^[1]

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Political offices
Preceded by Samuel R. Van Sant	Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives 1897–1899	Succeeded by Arthur N. Dare

Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives

Territorial (1849–1857)	Furber Ames Ludden Day Taylor Norris Gardner Furber

State (since 1857)	Watrous Bradley Coggswell Benson Sherwood Benson Armstrong Wakefield Farmer Davidson J. Merriam Hall Kinyon Gibbs Gilman Fletcher Gibbs W. Merriam Graves Champlin Lee Van Sant Jones Dare Dowling Babcock Clague L. Johnson Rockne Dunn Rines Flowers Parker Nolan J. Johnson Swenson Munn G. Johnson Barker Hall Hartle A. Johnson Chilgren Duxbury Dirlam Sabo Searle Norton Sieben Jennings Norton Vanasek Long Anderson Carruthers Sviggum Anderson Kelliher Zellers Thissen Daudt

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