Seaborn Jones

{{Short description|American politician (1788–1864)}}

{{About|the politician|the poet|Seaborn Jones (poet)}}

{{infobox officeholder

|name=Seaborn Jones

|state=Georgia

|district={{ushr|GA|2|2nd}}

|term_start=March 4, 1845

|term_end=March 3, 1847

|preceded=District created

|successor=Alfred Iverson Sr.

|state2=Georgia

|district2={{ushr|GA|AL|at-large}}

|term_start2=March 4, 1833

|term_end2=March 3, 1835

|preceded2=District created

|successor2=Charles E. Haynes

|birth_date={{birth date|1788|2|1}}

|birth_place=Augusta, Province of Georgia

|death_date={{death date and age|1864|3|18|1788|2|1}}

|death_place=Columbus, Georgia, U.S.

|resting_place=Linwood Cemetery

|children=1

|alma_mater=Princeton College

|profession=Politician, lawyer

}}

Seaborn Jones (February 1, 1788 – March 18, 1864) was a United States representative from Georgia. Born in Augusta, Georgia, he attended Princeton College and studied law. By a special act of the legislature, he was admitted to the bar in 1808. He commenced a legal practice in Milledgeville.

Jones was appointed Solicitor General of the Ocmulgee circuit in September 1817 and was Solicitor General of Georgia in 1823. He was one of the commissioners appointed to investigate the disturbances in the Creek Nation; in 1827, he moved to Columbus, Georgia, where he built his home El Dorado, later renamed St. Elmo. Jones was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress, serving from March 4, 1833, to March 3, 1835. He later was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress, serving from March 4, 1845, to March 3, 1847. He died in Columbus, and was buried at Linwood Cemetery.

Jones's daughter, Mary Howard Jones, married Henry L. Benning, for whom Fort Benning was named. In 2002, the Seaborn Jones Memorial Park in Rockmart, Georgia, was named after Jones.{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IP4vAAAAIBAJ&pg=4192%2C584970 | title=Polk County| work=Calhoun Times | date=1 September 2004 | accessdate=26 April 2015 | pages=103}}