Ray C. Jones Explained

Office:Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner
Term Start:January 1946
Term End:1976
Predecessor:William J. Armstrong
Successor:Jan Eric Cartwright
State Senate2:Oklahoma
District2:11th
Term Start2:1934
Term End2:1946
Predecessor2:George H. Jennings
Successor2:Everett S. Collins

Ray C. Jones was an American politician who served in the Oklahoma Senate from 1934 to 1946 and on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission from 1946 to 1976.

Biography

Jones was elected to the Oklahoma Senate as a member of the Democratic Party in 1934 to represent the 11th district, succeeding George H. Jennings. He served in the state senate until 1946.[1] He was elected to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission in 1946 and reelected until he resigned in 1976.[2] He was part of the longest serving commission panel alongside Wilburn Cartwright and Harold Freeman between 1955 and 1968.[3] He married Sarah Sallie Louise, a Chickasaw Nation citizen.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: State Senate Since Statehood . oksenate.gov . . 19 May 2024.
  2. Web site: Corporation Commissioners Since 1907 . oklahoma.gov . 19 May 2024.
  3. Web site: Oklahoma Corporation Commission History . oklahoma.gov . 19 May 2024.
  4. News: Sarah (Sallie) Louise Jones . 19 May 2024 . . July 31, 2005.