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| name = Theodore Lutrell "Ted" Jones<br>

| name = Theodore Lutrell "Ted" Jones<br>

(Louisiana lawyer, lobbyist, guitarist)

(Louisiana lawyer, lobbyist,<br>singer, guitarist)

| nationality=[[United States|American]]

| nationality=[[United States|American]]

| birth_date=May 21, 1934

| birth_date=May 21, 1934

| birth_place =Tifton, Tift County,  [[Georgia]], USA

| birth_place=Tifton, Tift County,  [[Georgia]], USA

| death_date=August 11, 2019 (aged 85)

| death_date=August 11, 2019 (aged 85)

| death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]

| death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]

| spouse =(1) Ethel Roberts Jones<br>

| spouse =(1) Ethel Roberts Jones<br>

(2) Sally Wonders Jones<br>

(2) Sally Wonders Jones<br>

Children:<br>

Two sons:<br>

Claude V. Jones<br>  

Claude Vernon Jones<br>

Theodore Wonders Jones<br>

Theodore Wonders Jones, Sr.<br>

Alma mater:<br>

 

Claude Jones and Lenora "Nora" Jones Griffin<br>

 

'''Alma mater''':<br>

[[Northwestern State University]]<br>

[[Northwestern State University]]<br>

[[University of Mississippi School of Law]]

[[University of Mississippi]] School of Law<br>

| residence=[[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]<br>

[[Georgetown University]] School of Law

Miramar Beach, Fort Walton County, [[Florida]]<br>

}}

}}

'''Theodore Lutrell Jones''', known as '''Ted Jones''' (May 21, 1934 &ndash; August 11, 2019,<ref name=jonesobit>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_108c0f14-bc61-11e9-98a7-037bb1d9b4c1.html|author=Tyler Bridges|title=Ted Jones, veteran Baton Rouge lobbyist, dies at 85; remembered as 'kind of a renaissance man'|publisher=''Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=August 11, 2019|accessdate=August 12, 2019}}</ref> was a [[lawyer]] and [[lobbyist]] in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who provided counsel to [[governor]]s, [[U.S. Representative]]s, [[U.S. Senator]]s, and presidential candidates.<ref name=lapol/>

'''Theodore Lutrell Jones''', known as '''Ted Jones''' (May 21, 1934 &ndash; August 11, 2019),<ref name=jonesobit>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_108c0f14-bc61-11e9-98a7-037bb1d9b4c1.html|author=Tyler Bridges|title=Ted Jones, veteran Baton Rouge lobbyist, dies at 85; remembered as 'kind of a renaissance man'|publisher=''Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=August 11, 2019|accessdate=August 12, 2019}}</ref> was a [[lawyer]] and [[lobbyist]] in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who provided counsel to [[governor]]s, [[U.S. Representative]]s, [[U.S. Senator]]s, and presidential candidates.<ref name=lapol/>

==Background==

==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/>

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.

==Political and legal career==

==Legal and political career==

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.]]<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 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 was a key advisor in the successful 2015 campaign to elect the Democrat [[John Bel Edwards]], also of Washington Parish, as governor.<ref name=jonesobit/>

 

 

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>  

Jones played guitar 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 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>

The son practiced thereafter with his father in the Jones Walker firm in Baton Rouge.<ref name=jonesobit/>

==Theodore Wonders Jones==

The senior Jones also maintained a residence on the Gulf Coast at Miramar Beach in Walton County, [[Florida]]. His Democratic voter registration was in Bogalusa in Washington Parish, where he had a farm. His visitation and service will be held from 5 to 9 p.m., on August 26, 2019, at the Old State Capitol Building in Baton Rouge.<ref name=jonesobit/>  

Jones and his second wife, Sally Wonders Jones (born 1939), have a son, Theodore Wonders Jones (born July 9,  1971),<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Voter Portal.</ref> who is also an attorney in Baton Rouge with the Stephens firm. 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 Stephens, 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. 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> He practiced with his father in the Jones Walker firm in Baton Rouge thereafter.

==Honors==

==Legacy==

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/>

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=bio/>  

In 2007, Jones was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame.<ref name=lapol/> In June 2018, he was named a"Louisiana Legend" by the [[Public Broadcasting Service]].<ref name=bio/>

The senior Jones also maintained a residence on the Gulf Coast at Miramar Beach in Walton County, [[Florida]].<ref name=usapeople/> His Democratic voter registration is in Bogalusa in Washington Parish.<ref name=jonesvoting/> He was a key advisor in the 2015 campaign to elect the Democrat [[John Bel Edwards]] as governor.<ref name=obit/>

==References==

==References==

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