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{{Infobox person
| name = Theodore Lutrell "Ted" Jones
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| nationality =[[United States|American]]
| birth_date = May 21, 1934
| birth_place =Tifton, Tift County, [[Georgia]], USA
| death_date =
| death_place =
| death_cause=
| resting_place=
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| occupation = [[Lawyer]]; [[Lobbyist]]
| spouse = Ethel Roberts Jones<br>
Sally Wonders Jones<br>
Children:<br>
Claude V. Jones<br>
Theodore Wonders Jones
| alma_mater=[[Northwestern State University]]<br>
[[University of Mississippi School of Law]]
| residence=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana<br>
Miramar Beach, Fort Walton County, [[Florida]]<br>
Bogalusa, Washington County, Louisiana
| religion=
}}
'''Theodore Lutrell Jones''', known as '''Ted Jones''' (born May 21, 1934),<ref name=jonesvoting>{{cite web|url=http://voterportal.sos.la.gov/home.aspx|title=Click Theodore Jones, May 1934|publisher=voterportal.sos.la.gov|accessdate=December 11, 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019062918/http://voterportal.sos.la.gov/home.aspx|archivedate=October 19, 2013|df=}}</ref><ref name=usapeople>{{cite web|url=http://www.usa-people-search.com/order.aspx?vw=people&item-id=OP-153382545&item-count=2&fn=Theodore&ln=Jones&mn=W&city=Baton%20Rouge&state=LA|title=Theodore L. Jones|publisher=usa-people-search.com|accessdate=December 11, 2013|subscription=yes}}</ref> is a [[lawyer]] and [[lobbyist]] from [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who provided counsel to [[governor]]s [[U.S. Representative]]s, [[U.S. Senator]]s, and presidential candidates.<ref name=lapol/>
==Background==
In 1960, at the age of twenty-six,<ref>The author is unable to find information on Jones from his birth in 1934 until he entered college c. 1956.</ref> Jones received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]]. He procured his [[Juris Doctor]]ate in 1963 from the [[University of Mississippi]] School of Law in Oxford. In 1970, he received a Master of Laws degree from [[Georgetown University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], where he has also long maintained a law practice. His legal specialties include taxation, estate planning, insurance, communications, [[oil]] and [[natural gas]], rate regulations, federal and state campaign election law, corporate law, and financial transactions.<ref name=tauzincon/>
==Political and legal career==
Jones was briefly the chief of staff to [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] U. S. Representative Speedy Oteria Long of the since disbanded 8th congressional district. Thereafter, he was named counsel for the then newly implemented [[Medicare]] program for [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]]. He was a special counsel for McKeithen's successor as governor, [[Edwin Edwards. He workedin the 1968 presidential race on the staff of then Vice President [[Hubert Humphrey]] of [[Minnesota]], who was defeated by [[Richard M. Nixon]]. Jones is the author of two books dealing with business and tax planning and foreign tax credits.<ref name=lapol>{{cite web|url=http://www.lapoliticalmuseum.com/inductees.php?viewID=18|title=Theodore "Ted" Jones|publisher=lapoliticalmuseum.com|accessdate=December 11, 2013}}</ref>
Jones has been special counsel to both the Louisiana Public Service Commission and the Louisiana Tax Commission. He is a former state assistant collector of revenue. For eight years, Jones was the chief lobbyist for the Louisiana state government in Washington, D.C.<ref name=tauzincon>{{cite web|url=http://www.tauzinconsultants.com/about/management-team/|title=Tauzin Consultants: Management Team|publisher=tauzinconsultants.com|accessdate=December 11, 2013}}</ref>
Jones played in the band of McKeithen's predecessor as governor, [[Jimmie Davis]] and continued to entertain with the remaining band members after Davis's death. At the annual induction ceremonies of themLouisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame n Winnfield in 2004, Jones sang Davis' trademark song, "You Are My Sunshine". He was also known for his renditions of Governor [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] giving a stump speech. In 2003, Jones himself considered running for governor but declined after he determined how much his pay would be reduced were he to have been successful.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepineywoods.com/HallFame04.htm|author=James Ronald Skains|title=Political Hall of Fame induction in Winnfield will honor eight|publisher=''The Piney Woods Journal''|accessdate=December 11, 2013}}</ref>
==Theodore Wonders Jones==
Jones and his second wife, Sally Wonders Jones (born 1939), have a son, Theodore Wonders Jones (born July 9, 1971),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://voterportal.sos.la.gov/home.aspx|title=Click Theodore Jones, July 1971|publisher=voterportal.sos.la.gov|accessdate=December 11, 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019062918/http://voterportal.sos.la.gov/home.aspx|archivedate=October 19, 2013|df=}}</ref><ref>The author is unable to determine if the Joneses have other children besides Theodore Wonders Jones.</ref> who is also an attorney in Baton Rouge with the Stephens firm. He attended [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] on a scholarship<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tulanelink.com/tulanelink/tulanegateb_box.htm|title=Scott Dyer, Scholarship Controversy Grows, June 17, 1993|publisher=tulanelink.com|accessdate=December 11, 2013}}</ref> and graduated from [[Vanderbilt University]] in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], and the Dedman School of Law at [[Southern Methodist University]] near [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], with a Juris Doctorate. The junior Jones has managed the financing of long-term debt for the state, various municipalities, and institutions of higher education. Prior to joining Stephens, he was the chief legislative counsel to former U.S. Representative [[Billy Tauzin]], a Democrat-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] from Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. A Republican, the younger Jones formerly practiced corporate and securities law in northern [[California]] with two firms, one Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, previously headed by Charles Taylor Manatt, a former chairman of the [[Democratic National Committee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stephens.com/public_finance/professional_staff/theodore_ted_w_jones.aspx|title=Theodore W. Jones|publisher=stephens.com|accessdate=December 11, 2013}}</ref>
==Honors==
Ted Jones holds honorary doctorates of humanity from both his alma mater, Northwestern State University, and [[Nicholls State University]] in Thibodaux]] in Lafourche Parish]. He is an inductee of the NSU "Long Purple Line of Distinguished Alumni" and the former director of the NSU Foundation.<ref name=tauzincon/> In 2007, Jones was himself inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame.<ref name=lapol/>
==Other residences==
The senior Jones also maintains a residence on the Gulf Coast at Miramar Beach in Walton County, [[Florida]].<ref name=usapeople/> As of December 2013, his Democratic voter registration is in Bogalusa in Washington Parish.<ref name=jonesvoting/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Theodore 'Ted'}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Georgia]]
[[Category:Florida]]
[[Category:Lawyers]]
[[Category:Lobbyists]]
[[Category:American Authors]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Singers]]
| name = Theodore Lutrell "Ted" Jones
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| nationality =[[United States|American]]
| birth_date = May 21, 1934
| birth_place =Tifton, Tift County, [[Georgia]], USA
| death_date =
| death_place =
| death_cause=
| resting_place=
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| occupation = [[Lawyer]]; [[Lobbyist]]
| spouse = Ethel Roberts Jones<br>
Sally Wonders Jones<br>
Children:<br>
Claude V. Jones<br>
Theodore Wonders Jones
| alma_mater=[[Northwestern State University]]<br>
[[University of Mississippi School of Law]]
| residence=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana<br>
Miramar Beach, Fort Walton County, [[Florida]]<br>
Bogalusa, Washington County, Louisiana
| religion=
}}
'''Theodore Lutrell Jones''', known as '''Ted Jones''' (born May 21, 1934),<ref name=jonesvoting>{{cite web|url=http://voterportal.sos.la.gov/home.aspx|title=Click Theodore Jones, May 1934|publisher=voterportal.sos.la.gov|accessdate=December 11, 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019062918/http://voterportal.sos.la.gov/home.aspx|archivedate=October 19, 2013|df=}}</ref><ref name=usapeople>{{cite web|url=http://www.usa-people-search.com/order.aspx?vw=people&item-id=OP-153382545&item-count=2&fn=Theodore&ln=Jones&mn=W&city=Baton%20Rouge&state=LA|title=Theodore L. Jones|publisher=usa-people-search.com|accessdate=December 11, 2013|subscription=yes}}</ref> is a [[lawyer]] and [[lobbyist]] from [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who provided counsel to [[governor]]s [[U.S. Representative]]s, [[U.S. Senator]]s, and presidential candidates.<ref name=lapol/>
==Background==
In 1960, at the age of twenty-six,<ref>The author is unable to find information on Jones from his birth in 1934 until he entered college c. 1956.</ref> Jones received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]]. He procured his [[Juris Doctor]]ate in 1963 from the [[University of Mississippi]] School of Law in Oxford. In 1970, he received a Master of Laws degree from [[Georgetown University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], where he has also long maintained a law practice. His legal specialties include taxation, estate planning, insurance, communications, [[oil]] and [[natural gas]], rate regulations, federal and state campaign election law, corporate law, and financial transactions.<ref name=tauzincon/>
==Political and legal career==
Jones was briefly the chief of staff to [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] U. S. Representative Speedy Oteria Long of the since disbanded 8th congressional district. Thereafter, he was named counsel for the then newly implemented [[Medicare]] program for [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]]. He was a special counsel for McKeithen's successor as governor, [[Edwin Edwards. He workedin the 1968 presidential race on the staff of then Vice President [[Hubert Humphrey]] of [[Minnesota]], who was defeated by [[Richard M. Nixon]]. Jones is the author of two books dealing with business and tax planning and foreign tax credits.<ref name=lapol>{{cite web|url=http://www.lapoliticalmuseum.com/inductees.php?viewID=18|title=Theodore "Ted" Jones|publisher=lapoliticalmuseum.com|accessdate=December 11, 2013}}</ref>
Jones has been special counsel to both the Louisiana Public Service Commission and the Louisiana Tax Commission. He is a former state assistant collector of revenue. For eight years, Jones was the chief lobbyist for the Louisiana state government in Washington, D.C.<ref name=tauzincon>{{cite web|url=http://www.tauzinconsultants.com/about/management-team/|title=Tauzin Consultants: Management Team|publisher=tauzinconsultants.com|accessdate=December 11, 2013}}</ref>
Jones played in the band of McKeithen's predecessor as governor, [[Jimmie Davis]] and continued to entertain with the remaining band members after Davis's death. At the annual induction ceremonies of themLouisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame n Winnfield in 2004, Jones sang Davis' trademark song, "You Are My Sunshine". He was also known for his renditions of Governor [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] giving a stump speech. In 2003, Jones himself considered running for governor but declined after he determined how much his pay would be reduced were he to have been successful.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepineywoods.com/HallFame04.htm|author=James Ronald Skains|title=Political Hall of Fame induction in Winnfield will honor eight|publisher=''The Piney Woods Journal''|accessdate=December 11, 2013}}</ref>
==Theodore Wonders Jones==
Jones and his second wife, Sally Wonders Jones (born 1939), have a son, Theodore Wonders Jones (born July 9, 1971),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://voterportal.sos.la.gov/home.aspx|title=Click Theodore Jones, July 1971|publisher=voterportal.sos.la.gov|accessdate=December 11, 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019062918/http://voterportal.sos.la.gov/home.aspx|archivedate=October 19, 2013|df=}}</ref><ref>The author is unable to determine if the Joneses have other children besides Theodore Wonders Jones.</ref> who is also an attorney in Baton Rouge with the Stephens firm. He attended [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] on a scholarship<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tulanelink.com/tulanelink/tulanegateb_box.htm|title=Scott Dyer, Scholarship Controversy Grows, June 17, 1993|publisher=tulanelink.com|accessdate=December 11, 2013}}</ref> and graduated from [[Vanderbilt University]] in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], and the Dedman School of Law at [[Southern Methodist University]] near [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], with a Juris Doctorate. The junior Jones has managed the financing of long-term debt for the state, various municipalities, and institutions of higher education. Prior to joining Stephens, he was the chief legislative counsel to former U.S. Representative [[Billy Tauzin]], a Democrat-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] from Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. A Republican, the younger Jones formerly practiced corporate and securities law in northern [[California]] with two firms, one Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, previously headed by Charles Taylor Manatt, a former chairman of the [[Democratic National Committee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stephens.com/public_finance/professional_staff/theodore_ted_w_jones.aspx|title=Theodore W. Jones|publisher=stephens.com|accessdate=December 11, 2013}}</ref>
==Honors==
Ted Jones holds honorary doctorates of humanity from both his alma mater, Northwestern State University, and [[Nicholls State University]] in Thibodaux]] in Lafourche Parish]. He is an inductee of the NSU "Long Purple Line of Distinguished Alumni" and the former director of the NSU Foundation.<ref name=tauzincon/> In 2007, Jones was himself inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame.<ref name=lapol/>
==Other residences==
The senior Jones also maintains a residence on the Gulf Coast at Miramar Beach in Walton County, [[Florida]].<ref name=usapeople/> As of December 2013, his Democratic voter registration is in Bogalusa in Washington Parish.<ref name=jonesvoting/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Theodore 'Ted'}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Georgia]]
[[Category:Florida]]
[[Category:Lawyers]]
[[Category:Lobbyists]]
[[Category:American Authors]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Singers]]