Robert E. Jones Jr.

A Representative from Alabama. Born in Scottsboro, Jackson County, Ala. , June 12, 1912. Attended the public schools and was graduated from the law department of the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, January 7, 1937. Was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Scottsboro, Ala. Elected judge of Jackson County Court in July 1940. Reelected in absentia in May 1945 and served until October 1946. Served in the United States Navy as a gunnery officer in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters from December 1943 until February 1946. Elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth Congress, by special election, January 28, 1947, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John J. Sparkman. Reelected to the fourteen succeeding Congresses and served from January 28, 1947, to January 3, 1977. Chairman, Committee on Public Works and Transportation (Ninety-fourth Congress). Was not a candidate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress. Died June 4, 1997.