Members of Congress / Walter Jones

Biographical Information

JONES, Walter Beaman, Sr., (father of Walter Beaman Jones, Jr.), a Representative from North Carolina; born in Fayetteville, Hoke County, N.C., August 19, 1913; attended Elise Academy, Hemp, N.C.; B.S., North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C., 1934; businessman; mayor of Farmville, N.C., 1949-1953; member of the North Carolina state general assembly, 1955-1959; member of the North Carolina state senate, 1965; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth Congress, by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Herbert C. Bonner, and reelected to the thirteen succeeding Congresses (February 5, 1966-September 15, 1992); chairman, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Ninety-seventh through One Hundred Second Congresses); died on September 15, 1992, in Norfolk, Va. (Source.)

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Roles in Congress

· 102nd Congress: Representative, North Carolina (Dist. 1), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1991, to Jan. 3, 1993.

Last Votes

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
9/10/92	Vote 390: S 5: Family Medical Leave Act	Not Voting	No	Yes
9/10/92	Vote 389: H RES 560: Waiving Points of Order Against the Conference Report on S. 5; Family Medical Leave Act of 1992	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
9/10/92	Vote 388: On Approving the Journal	Not Voting	No	Yes
9/9/92	Vote 387: H R 4484: Maritime Administration Authorization	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
8/12/92	Vote 386: H R 5466: Airline Reservation System Competition	Yes	No	Yes
8/12/92	Vote 385: H R 4323: Neighborhood Schools Improvement Act	Yes	No	Yes
8/12/92	Vote 384: H R 4323	No	Yes	No
8/12/92	Vote 383: H R 4323	No	Yes	No
8/12/92	Vote 382: H RES 551: Providing for the Consideration of the Bill H.R. 4323; Neighborhood Schools Improvement Act	Not Voting	No	Yes
8/11/92	Vote 381: H R 5021: New River Wild and Scenic Study Act of 1992	Yes	Yes	Yes
8/11/92	Vote 380: H R 5487: Agriculture Appropriations for F.Y. 1993	Yes	No	Yes
8/11/92	Vote 379: H R 5487: Agriculture Appropriations for F.Y. 1993	Yes	Yes	Yes
8/11/92	Vote 378: H R 3590: For the Relief of Lloyd B. Gamble	Yes	Yes	Yes
8/11/92	Vote 377: On Approving the Journal	Yes	No	Yes
8/6/92	Vote 376: H CON RES 246: Sense of Congress With Respect to Trade Agreements	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
8/6/92	Vote 375: S 323: Family Planning Amendments Act of 1992	Yes	No	Yes
8/6/92	Vote 374: H R 4547: Freedom Support Act	No	Yes	Yes
8/6/92	Vote 373: Call of the House	Present	Present	Present
8/6/92	Vote 372: H R 3603: Family Preservation Act of 1992	Yes	No	Yes
8/6/92	Vote 371: H R 3603: Family Preservation Act of 1992	No	Yes	No

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