Thomas Goode Jones (November 26, 1844 – April 28, 1914) was an Alabama lawyer, politician, and military officer. He served in the Alabama legislature and as the 28th governor of Alabama. He later became United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
Thomas Goode Jones
Born 1844 in Macon, GA
Died 1914 in Montgomery, AL
FJC ID: 1205
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Montgomery, Alabama1868–present
- AlabamaGovernor · 1890–1894
- AlabamaState representative · 1884–1888
- ↳speaker · 1886–1888
- Supreme Court of AlabamaReporter of decisions · 1870–1880
- Montgomery, AlabamaPlanter · 1865–1868
- Montgomery [Alabama] Daily PicayuneEditor · 1868
- Confederate Army major1862–1865
Appointments
1901–1914 · Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)Term ended: Death
1901–1914 · Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Virginia Military Institute
- Read law1868