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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/>

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==

==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 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>

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>

==Theodore Wonders Jones==

==Theodore Wonders Jones==