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Jones came to Pensacola at a young age and attended the schools of Pensacola before studying law under his father. He was admitted to the bar in [[1886]]. After practicing law with his father for many years, Jones served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the [[Northern District of Florida]]. In [[1900]], Jones was elected to the Florida House of Representatives. From [[1901]]-[[1902]] he served as [[mayor of Pensacola]].<ref name="memoirs">Rerick, Rowland H and Francis Philip Fleming. ''[http://fulltext.fcla.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?idno=SF00000009_0001_000;q1=SF00000009;seq=609;cc=fhp;view=toc;size=s;start=1;c=fhp;sid=611eec66ce599ab9967f65525b4f8efd;page=nav;subview=fullcitation Memoirs of Florida].'' Atlanta, 1902.</ref>
In [[1917]] Jones became Judge of the Court of Record.<ref>Armstrong, Henry Clay. ''[http://fulltext10.fcla.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?type=boolean;c=fhp;cc=fhp;xg=1;q=history%20escambia;rgn=works;a=38;sid=2e9a7928fe28aec0d957197b08a888f4;q1=history;sort=occur;start=26;size=25;rgn1=full%20text;q2=escambia;op2=and;rgn2=full%20text;idno=WF00000021;node=WF00000021%3A1;view=toc;subview=pdftoc History of Escambia County, Florida].'' 1930.</ref>
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