Jehu Glancy Jones

For the Lutheran minister (1786-1852), see Jehu Jones.

J. Glancy Jones
United States Minister to the Austrian Empire
In office December 15, 1858 – November 14, 1861
Preceded by	Henry R. Jackson
Succeeded by	Anson Burlingame
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 8th district
In office February 4, 1854 – October 30, 1858
Preceded by	Henry Augustus Muhlenberg
Succeeded by	William High Keim
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 9th district
In office March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
Preceded by	William Strong
Succeeded by	Isaac Ellmaker Hiester
Personal details
Born	(1811-10-07)October 7, 1811 Caernarvon Township, Pennsylvania
Died	Reading, Pennsylvania
Political party	Democratic

Jehu Glancy Jones (October 7, 1811 – March 24, 1878) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

J. Glancy Jones was born in Caernarvon Township, Pennsylvania. He attended Kenyon College, studied theology and was ordained to the ministry of the Episcopal Church in 1835 and withdrew in 1841. He later studied law, was admitted to the bar in Georgia in 1841 and commenced practice at Easton, Pennsylvania. He was district attorney for Berks County, Pennsylvania, from 1847 to 1849. He was a delegate to the Democratic State conventions in 1848, 1849, and 1855, and served as president in 1855. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1848 and 1856 and served as vice president in 1848.

Jones was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1852. He was elected to the Thirty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry A. Muhlenberg. He was reelected to the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Ways and Means during the Thirty-fifth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1858, and resigned October 30, 1858. On November 1, 1858 he was appointed Minister Resident to the Austrian Empire by President James Buchanan, and served from December 15, 1858 to November 14, 1861. After his service he resumed the practice of law, and died in Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1878. Interment in the Charles Evans Cemetery.

Sources

• Jehu Glancy Jones at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by William Strong	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district 1851 - 1853	Succeeded by Isaac E. Hiester
Preceded by Henry A. Muhlenberg	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district 1854 - 1858	Succeeded by William H. Keim
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Henry R. Jackson	U.S. Minister to the Austrian Empire 1858 - 1861	Succeeded by Anson Burlingame