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Jones was briefly the chief of staff to [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] U. S. Representative [[Speedy Long]] of the since disbanded 8th congressional district. Thereafter, he was named counsel for the then newly implemented [[Medicare]] program for [[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]]; both Humphrey and Nixon lost in Louisiana that year. Jones wrote 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 was briefly the chief of staff to [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] U. S. Representative [[Speedy Long]] of the since disbanded 8th congressional district. Thereafter, he was named counsel for the then newly implemented [[Medicare]] program for [[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]]; both Humphrey and Nixon lost in Louisiana that year. Jones wrote 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 was special counsel to both the Louisiana Public Service Commission and the Louisiana Tax Commission. He was a former state assistant collector of revenue. For eight years, Jones was the chief lobbyist for the Louisiana state government in [[Washington, D.C.]]

Jones was special counsel to both the Louisiana Public Service Commission and the Louisiana Tax Commission. He was a former state assistant collector of revenue. For eight years, Jones was the chief lobbyist for the Louisiana state government in [[Washington, D.C.]]. For several years, he was the chief lobbyist in Washington for the City of Louisiana. In those ventures, he obtained numerous federal appropriations on behalf of each. He even lobbied to obtain federal legislation to allow those with season tickets for [[Louisiana State University]] football to deduct a portion of their annual ticket payments to the Tiger Athletic Foundation.<ref name=bio/> each year

Jones played the [[guitar]] in the band of John 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 the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in 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> He also played with [[Merle Haggard]] and on two occasions as back-up for [[Elvis Presley]] on the Louisiana Hayride in [[Shreveport]] before Presley became a star.<ref name=bio/>

Jones played the [[guitar]] in the band of John 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 the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in 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> He also played with [[Merle Haggard]] and on two occasions as back-up for [[Elvis Presley]] on the Louisiana Hayride in [[Shreveport]] before Presley became a star.<ref name=bio/>