Ross F. Jones Explained

Ross F. Jones
Office:12th Attorney General of Arizona
Term Start:1953
Term End:1955
Governor:John Howard Pyle
Predecessor:Fred O. Wilson
Successor:Robert Morrison
Birth Date:August 25, 1900
Birth Place:LeRoy, Kansas
Death Date:January 25, 1979 (aged 78)
Death Place:Phoenix, Arizona
Party:Republican

Ross F. Jones (August 25, 1900 – January 25, 1979) was an American politician who was the attorney general of Arizona from 1953 to 1955.

Education and career

Jones received his LLB and masters degrees from the University of Kansas City. In 1935, he moved to Arizona with his family and settled in Tucson. He later moved to Phoenix and joined the law firm Fennemore Craig.[1]

Jones was attorney general of Arizona from 1953 to 1955. He defeated the incumbent, Fred O. Wilson, in the 1952 election but lost his re-election bid to Robert Morrison. In 1956, Jones ran for the U.S. Senate, losing to the incumbent Carl Hayden.[2]

Jones became a Superior Court judge in Maricopa County for ten years until his retirement in 1970 for health reasons.

He died on January 25, 1979, in Phoenix at the age of 78 after a long illness. He was buried in Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Cooper, James . Ross Jones Bases Candidacy On Record And Background . Tucson Daily Citizen . October 29, 1952 . newspapers.com.
  2. https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=19683 Ross F. Jones
  3. News: Former Attorney General Ross Jones dies . Arizona Republic . January 26, 1979.