Nathaniel Jones (representative)
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Nathaniel Jones (February 17, 1788 - July 20, 1866) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Warwick, New York, Jones completed preparatory studies and later taught school. He served as member of the State assembly in 1827 and 1828. He engaged in banking in 1834.
Jones was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1841). He moved to Newburgh, New York, in 1841. Surveyor general of New York from February 1842 to November 1844. State canal commissioner 1844-1847. Superintendent of schools and clerk of the Board of Education of Newburgh in 1851. He served as member of the State senate in 1852 and 1853. He died in Newburgh, New York, July 20, 1866.
