| Dick Jones | |
| Birth Name: | Richard R. Jones |
| Birth Date: | 5 September 1910 |
| Birth Place: | Montana, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Powell, Wyoming, U.S. |
| Office1: | Member of the Wyoming House of Representatives |
| Term Start1: | 1955 |
| Term End1: | 1957 |
| Office2: | Member of the Wyoming Senate |
| Term Start2: | 1957 |
| Term End2: | 1973 |
| Party: | Republican |
| Spouse: | Evelyn Jones[1] |
| Children: | 3 |
Richard R. Jones (September 5, 1910 – August 20, 2008) was an American politician.[2] He served as a Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives and the Wyoming Senate.[3]
Jones in Montana, the son of Elsa and Alfred Jones. He was of Swedish descent. He attended Huntley Project High School, graduating in 1928.
After working for rail transport, Jones established his own trucking company, later called Dick Jones Trucking. He served as mayor of Powell, Wyoming and had also served as a member of the Powell City Council. In 1955, Jones was elected to the Wyoming House of Representatives. In 1957, he left office and had served as a member of the Wyoming Senate, as President in 1967 and 1968. In 1973, Jones resigned from his office of the Wyoming Senate, in which he had decided to serve as a candidate as the Governor of Wyoming. Jones lost to Edgar Herschler, Dem., in the gubernatorial election.
Jones died on August 20, 2008 from complications of surgery at the Powell Hospital in Powell, Wyoming, at the age of 97.