Walter Jones (congressman)

For other persons named Walter Jones, see Walter Jones (disambiguation).

Walter Jones (December 18, 1745 – December 31, 1815) was an eighteenth and nineteenth century politician and physician from Virginia.

Born in Williamsburg, Virginia, Jones graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1760. He studied medicine in Edinburgh, Scotland and received a degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1770. He returned to Northumberland County, Virginia and became physician general of the Middle Military Department in 1777. Jones was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1785 to 1787 and was a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention in 1788. He was elected a Democratic-Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1796, serving from 1797 to 1799. He returned to the House of Delegates in 1802 and 1803 and was elected back to the House of Representatives again in 1802, serving from 1803 to 1811. Jones died in Westmoreland County, Virginia on December 31, 1815 and was interred their in the family cemetery at "Hayfield" near what is now Callo, Virginia.

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Preceded by John Heath	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 19th congressional district March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799 (obsolete district)	Succeeded by Henry Lee
Preceded by Thomas Claiborne	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 8th congressional district March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1811	Succeeded by John Hungerford