Isaac D. Jones Explained

Isaac Dashiell Jones
State:Maryland
District:1st
Term Start:March 4, 1841
Term End:March 3, 1843
Office2:Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
Term2:1832, 1834, 1840–1841, 1867
Birth Date:1 November 1806
Birth Place:Somerset County, Maryland, U.S.
Death Place:Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Resting Place:Green Mount Cemetery
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Party:Whig
Spouse:Eliza Hays
Office1:Attorney General of Maryland
Predecessor1:Alexander Randall
Successor1:Andrew K. Syester
Termend1:1871
Termstart1:1867

Isaac Dashiell Jones (November 1, 1806 – July 5, 1893) was a U.S. Congressman from Maryland, serving from 1841 to 1843.

Early life

Isaac Dashiell Jones was born on the family homestead Wetipquin in Somerset County, Maryland to Priscilla and Benjamin Jones. Jones completed preparatory studies and graduated from Washington Academy, where he became assistant tutor before his studies were completed. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Princess Anne.[1]

Career

Jones served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1832, 1834, 1840–1841, and 1867.[1]

Jones was elected as a Whig from Maryland's 1st congressional district to the Twenty-seventh Congress, serving from March 4, 1841, to March 3, 1843. He took an active part in the Maryland constitutional conventions of 1864 and 1867, and was elected Attorney General of Maryland in 1867. He was later elected judge of the court of arbitration of Baltimore, Maryland, in 1877, and served as director of the Maryland School for the Deaf in Frederick, Maryland, from 1867 to 1893, and of the Maryland School for the Colored Blind and Deaf at Baltimore from 1872 to 1893.[1]

Personal life

Jones married Eliza Hays.[1]

Jones died in Baltimore on July 5, 1893, and is interred in Green Mount Cemetery.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Isaac Dashiell Jones (1806-1893) . Maryland Manual On-Line . . 2014-09-24 . 2022-08-10.