- Frank Jones
Infobox Congressman
name =Frank Jones
state =New Hampshire
district =1st
term_start =March 4 ,1875
term_end =March 3 ,1879
preceded =William B. Small
succeeded =Joshua G. Hall
birth_date =September 15 ,1832
birth_place =Barrington, New Hampshire
death_date =October 2 ,1902
death_place =Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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party =Democratic
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footnotes =Frank Jones (
September 15 ,1832 -October 2 ,1902 )aUnited States Representative fromNew Hampshire . Born in Barrington he attended the public schools. Later moving to Portsmouth in 1849 with almost nothing, became a successful merchant and brewer. He owned buisnesses in Portsmouth andSouth Boston, Massachusetts .Jones, the
mayor of Portsmouth in 1868 and 1869, elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879) was not a candidate for renomination in 1878. He was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate forGovernor of New Hampshire in 1880, losing to RepublicanCharles Henry Bell by only a few thousand votes, 44,432 to 40,813.Later, Jones became involved with the Republican Party. He was disgusted over
William Jennings Bryan 's stand onFree Silver . He became interested in railroads and hotels. Jones rebuilt the stately Rockingham Hotel in Portsmouth and enlarged the Hotel Wentworth (nowWentworth-by-the-Sea ) in New Castle. Also in Portsmouth, Jones built a mansion in theSecond Empire style, complete with gardens and a horse track. He was apresidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1900. He died in Portsmouth in 1902 and was buried in Harmony Grove Cemetery.The Frank Jones Brewery was one of the largest producers of ale in the United States of America. In 1896, Jones' Portsmouth brewery produced about 250,000 barrels a year. In 1889, Jones put his company's stock on the market in
London . The new company was incorporated onMay 17 ,1889 . In 1950, the Frank Jones Brewery closed after 90 years.References
*CongBio|J000219
*Brighton, Ray. "Frank Jones: King of the Alemakers". Hampton, N.H.: Randall, 1978.
* [http://www.rustycans.com/jones.html Frank Jones Brewery]
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