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==Background==

==Background==

Jones was born to Claude and Lenora "Nora" Jones, later Lenora Griffin, in Tifton in Tift County, [[Georgia]]. He was reared by grandparents and served in the [[United States Air Force from 1954 to 1958, stationed for most of his service at the former England Air Force Base in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=theodore-l-jones-ted&pid=193668957&fhid=17444|title=Theodore L. "Ted" Jones|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=August 17, 2019|accessdate=August 18, 2019}}</ref> In 1960, at the age of twenty-six, Jones received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana. He procured his [[Juris Doctor]]ate in 1963 from the [[University of Mississippi]] School of Law in Oxford, [[Mississippi]]. 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 included taxation, estate planning, insurance, communications, [[oil]] and [[natural gas]], rate regulations, federal and state campaign election law, corporate law, and financial transactions.

Jones was born to Claude and Lenora "Nora" Jones, later Lenora Griffin, in Tifton in Tift County, [[Georgia]]. He was reared by grandparents and served in the United States Air Force from 1954 to 1958, stationed for most of his service at the former England Air Force Base in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=theodore-l-jones-ted&pid=193668957&fhid=17444|title=Theodore L. "Ted" Jones|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=August 17, 2019|accessdate=August 18, 2019}}</ref> In 1960, at the age of twenty-six, Jones received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana. He procured his [[Juris Doctor]]ate in 1963 from the [[University of Mississippi]] School of Law in Oxford, [[Mississippi]]. 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 included taxation, estate planning, insurance, communications, [[oil]] and [[natural gas]], rate regulations, federal and state campaign election law, corporate law, and financial transactions.

==Legal and political career==

==Legal and political career==

==Personal life==

==Personal life==

Jones and his second wife, Sally Wonders Jones (born 1939), have a son, Theodore Wonders Jones, Sr. (born July 9, 1971),<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Voter Portal.</ref> who is also an attorney. He attended [[Tulane University]] in [[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 Doctor]]ate. The junior Jones has managed the financing of long-term debt for the state, various municipalities, and institutions of higher education. Prior to joining the Stephens firm, he was the chief legislative counsel to former U.S. Representative Wilbert J. "Billy" Tauzin, a Democrat-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] from Louisiana's 3rd congressional district.<ref<{{cite web|url=http://www.tauzinconsultants.com/about/management-team/|title=Tauzin Consultants: Management Team|publisher=tauzinconsultants.com|accessdate=August 18, 2019}}</ref>

Jones and his second wife, Sally Wonders Jones (born 1939), have a son, Theodore Wonders Jones, Sr. (born July 9, 1971),<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Voter Portal.</ref> who is also an attorney. He attended [[Tulane University]] in [[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 Doctor]]ate. The junior Jones has managed the financing of long-term debt for the state, various municipalities, and institutions of higher education. Prior to joining the Stephens firm, he was the chief legislative counsel to former U.S. Representative Wilbert J. "Billy" Tauzin, a Democrat-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] from Louisiana's 3rd congressional district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tauzinconsultants.com/about/management-team/|title=Tauzin Consultants: Management Team|publisher=tauzinconsultants.com|accessdate=August 18, 2019}}</ref>

A Republican, the younger Jones formerly practiced corporate and securities law in northern [[California]] with two firms, one of which is 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>  

A Republican, the younger Jones formerly practiced corporate and securities law in northern [[California]] with two firms, one of which is 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>