Jesse H. Jones
Former United States Secretary of Commerce
Jesse Holman Jones was an American Democratic politician and entrepreneur from Houston, Texas. Jones managed a Tennessee tobacco factory at age fourteen, and at nineteen, he was put in charge of his uncle's lumberyards. Wikipedia
Born: April 5, 1874, Robertson County, TN
Died: June 1, 1956 (age 82 years), Houston, TX
Spouse: Mary Gibbs Jones (m. 1920–1956)
Organization founded: Houston Endowment Inc.
Books: Fifty billion dollars, Chicago's Salute to the Railroads: Address at the Fifth Annual Dinner of the Association of State Street Seniors of Chicago, Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois, November 1, 1937, Reconstruction Finance Corporation Seven-year Report: To the President and the Congress of the United States, February 2, 1932 to February 2, 1939, and more
Party: Democratic Party
Previous office: United States Secretary of Commerce (1940–1945)
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