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{{Infobox officeholder
|name= Sam Houston Jones
|image=
|office=46th [[Governor]] of [[Louisiana]]
|party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|term_start=May 14, 1940
|term_end=May 9, 1944
|preceded=[[Earl Long]]
|succeeded=[[Jimmie Davis]]
|birth_date=July 15, 1897
|birth_place=Merryville<br>Beauregard Parish<br>
Louisiana
|death_date=February 8, 1978
|death_place=[[Lake Charles]], Louisiana
|resting_place=Prien Memorial Park Cemetery in Lake Charles
|occupation=[[Lawyer]]<br>
[[United States Army]] in [[World War I]]
|alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]] Law Center
|religion=[[United Methodist]]
|spouse= Louise Gambrell Boyer Jones
|children=Robert Gambrell "Bob" Jones<br>Carolyn Jelks Jones<br>
Stepchildren=James G. Boyer<br>
William Edward "Bill" Boyer
}}
'''Sam Houston Jones''' (July 15, 1897 – February 8, 1978) was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[lawyer]] who served as the 46th [[governor]] of his native [[Louisiana]] for the single term from 1940 to 1944. He defeated the renowned [[Earl Long]] in the 1940 runoff election. Eight years later, Long in a reversal of 1940 soundly defeated Jones in the 1948 party primary, as both sought to return to the governorship then filled by the first term of the Democrat [[Jimmie Davis]].
Jones obtained his legal credentials from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. He was an assistant district attorney after he moved in 1924 from Merryville in Beauregard Parish to the larger [[Lake Charles]] in Calcasieu Parish.
Governor Jones sought to eliminate the power of the Long political machine by reducing the number of state employees. He instituted competitive bidding for state contracts, eliminated the "deduct system" begun by [[Huey Long]] of mandatory campaign contributions by state employees, and enacting [[civil service]]e. Jones worked to increase international trade through the Louisiana ports on the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. He signed the Public Records Act of 1940, which declared most state documents public records. The new law aso authorized the development of the state archives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.la.gov/HistoricalResources/LearnAboutTheArchives/Pages/default.aspx|title=A Historical Sketch of the Louisiana State Archives|publisher=sos.la.gov|accessdate=October 1, 2013}}</ref>
In his 1948 race, Jones, who had been out of office for four years, polled only 223,971 votes (34.1 percent) to Earl Long's overwhelming 432,528 (65.9 percent). Other candidates eliminated in the primary were later Governor [[Robert F. Kennon]] of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] and [[U.S. Representative]] James H. "Jimmy" Morrison of Hammond.
In his later years, Jones often endorsed [[Republican Party|Republican]] presidential nominees. His son, Robert Gambrell "Bob" Jones (born May 9, 1939), a Lake Charles stockbroker, served in both houses of the state legislature from 1968 to 1976. He ran unsuccessfully as a Democrat in the first ever nonpartisan blanket primary against Governor [[Edwin Edwards]]. Bob Jones later became a Republican but did not seek office under the GOP banner.
Jones' stepson, William Edward "Bill" Boyer, was the [[mayor]] of Lake Charles from 1973 to 1981.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Sam Houston}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Louisiana Governors]]
[[Category:Lawyers]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:United Methodists]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:World War I]]
|name= Sam Houston Jones
|image=
|office=46th [[Governor]] of [[Louisiana]]
|party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|term_start=May 14, 1940
|term_end=May 9, 1944
|preceded=[[Earl Long]]
|succeeded=[[Jimmie Davis]]
|birth_date=July 15, 1897
|birth_place=Merryville<br>Beauregard Parish<br>
Louisiana
|death_date=February 8, 1978
|death_place=[[Lake Charles]], Louisiana
|resting_place=Prien Memorial Park Cemetery in Lake Charles
|occupation=[[Lawyer]]<br>
[[United States Army]] in [[World War I]]
|alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]] Law Center
|religion=[[United Methodist]]
|spouse= Louise Gambrell Boyer Jones
|children=Robert Gambrell "Bob" Jones<br>Carolyn Jelks Jones<br>
Stepchildren=James G. Boyer<br>
William Edward "Bill" Boyer
}}
'''Sam Houston Jones''' (July 15, 1897 – February 8, 1978) was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[lawyer]] who served as the 46th [[governor]] of his native [[Louisiana]] for the single term from 1940 to 1944. He defeated the renowned [[Earl Long]] in the 1940 runoff election. Eight years later, Long in a reversal of 1940 soundly defeated Jones in the 1948 party primary, as both sought to return to the governorship then filled by the first term of the Democrat [[Jimmie Davis]].
Jones obtained his legal credentials from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. He was an assistant district attorney after he moved in 1924 from Merryville in Beauregard Parish to the larger [[Lake Charles]] in Calcasieu Parish.
Governor Jones sought to eliminate the power of the Long political machine by reducing the number of state employees. He instituted competitive bidding for state contracts, eliminated the "deduct system" begun by [[Huey Long]] of mandatory campaign contributions by state employees, and enacting [[civil service]]e. Jones worked to increase international trade through the Louisiana ports on the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. He signed the Public Records Act of 1940, which declared most state documents public records. The new law aso authorized the development of the state archives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.la.gov/HistoricalResources/LearnAboutTheArchives/Pages/default.aspx|title=A Historical Sketch of the Louisiana State Archives|publisher=sos.la.gov|accessdate=October 1, 2013}}</ref>
In his 1948 race, Jones, who had been out of office for four years, polled only 223,971 votes (34.1 percent) to Earl Long's overwhelming 432,528 (65.9 percent). Other candidates eliminated in the primary were later Governor [[Robert F. Kennon]] of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] and [[U.S. Representative]] James H. "Jimmy" Morrison of Hammond.
In his later years, Jones often endorsed [[Republican Party|Republican]] presidential nominees. His son, Robert Gambrell "Bob" Jones (born May 9, 1939), a Lake Charles stockbroker, served in both houses of the state legislature from 1968 to 1976. He ran unsuccessfully as a Democrat in the first ever nonpartisan blanket primary against Governor [[Edwin Edwards]]. Bob Jones later became a Republican but did not seek office under the GOP banner.
Jones' stepson, William Edward "Bill" Boyer, was the [[mayor]] of Lake Charles from 1973 to 1981.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Sam Houston}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Louisiana Governors]]
[[Category:Lawyers]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:United Methodists]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:World War I]]