Jones, William Claude

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Name (Latin)
Jones, William Claude
Other forms of name
Jones, W. Claude (William Claude)
Date of birth
1815
Date of death
1884-03-03
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Law
Poetry
Occupation
Attorneys general
Lawyers
Legislators
Poets
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 63709847
Wikidata: Q15430007
Library of congress: no2003123634
Sources of Information
  • Compendio de las leyes de Arizona, 1865:title page (W. Claude Jones)
  • Wikipedia, February 15, 2021(W. Claude Jones; William Claude Jones (c.1815-March 3, 1884) was an American politician, poet, fabulist; Among his accomplishments, he was a member of the Missouri and Arizona Territorial legislatures, United States Attorney for New Mexico Territory, and a member of the Hawaiian privy council. In 1846, Jones moved his family to southwestern Missouri. There he became one of the incorporators for Neosho and won election to a four-year term in the Missouri State Senate. Jones translated a condensed version of the territory's new legal code, the "Howell Code", into Spanish; Jones died on March 3, 1884 after a prolonged illness in Wailuku, Maui)
  • Revised statutes of the state of Missouri, 1845:t.p. (William Claude Jones)
  • LC in OCLC, Dec. 8, 2003(MLC hdg.: Jones, William Claude)