Addison P. Jones
{{Short description|American politician (1822–1910)}}
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- Rachel J. Sole
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- George Howard Jones (1853– 1936)
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Addison Porter Jones (September 15, 1822 – May 5, 1910) was an American politician from New York.
Early life and education
He was born on September 15, 1822, in Greenville, New York. He attended the common schools.
Career
In 1843, he became a merchant in Catskill.
He entered politics as a Whig and in 1855 became a Democrat. He was Supervisor of the Town of Catskill in 1856, 1860 and 1861; and Sheriff of Greene County from 1862 to 1864.
He was a presidential elector in 1876, voting for Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks.
Jones was a member of the New York State Senate (14th D.) in 1878, 1879, 1882 and 1883.
Death
He died on May 5, 1910, and was interred in Catskill Village Cemetery in Catskill, New York.
Legacy
His grandson, Addison Porter Jones II was named after him. He married Annette Whittaker and was the president of the Catskill Savings Bank.{{cite book |url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nygreen2/bio_addison_porter_jones.htm |title=The Capital Region of New York State, Crossroads of Empire |year=1942 |access-date=2012-11-08 |quote=Mr. Jones was born in Catskill on August 22, 1877, son of George Howard and Ione Elizabeth (Lusk) Jones and a member of a prominent local family. His paternal grandfather, for whom he was named, was State Senator from the Catskill district, serving at the time of the State Capitol was built in Albany, and for a period of years was a member and chairman of the County Board of Supervisors. ... }}
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Sources
- [https://archive.org/stream/civillistandcon00unkngoog#page/n335/mode/1up Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York] compiled by Edgar Albert Werner (1884; pg. 291 and 412)
- [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101061337661;seq=79;view=1up;num=57 The State Government for 1879] by Charles G. Shanks (Weed, Parsons & Co, Albany NY, 1879; pg. 57f)
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=W5ZapJXvCtgC&pg=PA263 The Samuel Gompers Papers] by Stuart B. Kaufman (1986; pg. 263)
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{{succession box | before = Augustus Schoonmaker, Jr. | title = New York State Senate
14th District | years = 1878–1879 | after = Charles A. Fowler}}
{{succession box | before = Charles A. Fowler | title = New York State Senate
14th District | years = 1882–1883 | after = John Van Schaick}}
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Category:New York (state) state senators
Category:People from Greenville, Greene County, New York
Category:New York (state) Democrats
Category:1876 United States presidential electors
Category:Town supervisors in New York (state)
Category:Sheriffs of Greene County, New York
Category:People from Catskill, New York
Category:New York (state) Whigs
Category:19th-century members of the New York State Legislature