James R. Jones
James Robert Jones (born May 5, 1939) is an American lawyer, diplomat, Democratic politician, a retired U.S.[2] He worked as a legislative assistant to U.S. Representative Ed Edmondson and as Appointments Secretary to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.In 1965, Jones moved from Congress to the White House, where he served as Appointments Secretary (and de facto Chief of Staff) to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.Jones was priming for a rematch in 1972, but Belcher didn't have the stomach for another bruising contest and pulled out of the race in June.Jones is the first and only Democrat to have represented Tulsa in Congress since Dixie Gilmer left office in 1951; he was re-elected six times, serving until January 1987.As a member of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, Jones secured House backing for a conservative tax cut in 1978.
James JonesUnited States Ambassador to MexicoBill ClintonJohn NegroponteJeffrey DavidowHouse Budget CommitteeRobert GiaimoWilliam H. Gray IIIU.S. House of RepresentativesOklahomaPage BelcherJim InhofeWhite House Chief of StaffLyndon B. JohnsonW. Marvin WatsonH. R. HaldemanDwight ChapinMuskogee, OklahomaDemocraticUniversity of OklahomaGeorgetown UniversityUnited StatesUnited States ArmyCaptainArmy Intelligence CorpsArmy ReserveU.S. CongressmanU.S. Ambassador to MexicoEd EdmondsonOklahoma's 1st congressional districtdegreeLambda Chi AlphaGeorgetown University Law CenterWashington, D.C.U.S. Army ReserveCounterintelligence Corpspractice of lawTulsa, OklahomaCongressWhite HouseChief of StaffU.S. PresidentHouse Agriculture CommitteeJim HewgleyRichard NixonDixie GilmerRepublicanDon NicklesgovernorFrank KeatingDickstein ShapiroAmerican Stock ExchangeWorld Affairs Councils of AmericaManatt, Phelps & PhillipsCommittee for a Responsible Federal BudgetOklahoma Hall of FameThe Constitution Project's Guantanamo Task ForcePolitics of OklahomaOklahoma Democratic PartyOklahoma Congressional DistrictsWayback MachineLos Angeles TimesThe Constitution ProjectWall Street JournalBiographical Directory of the United States CongressC-SPANCarl Albert CenterAndy CoatsU.S. SenatorClass 3U.S. order of precedenceJim MathesonOrder of precedence of the United StatesDave McCurdyUnited States House Committee on the BudgetUllmanGiaimoPanettaKasichNussleSprattWomackYarmuthArringtonMembers of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma1st districtMcGuireDavenportChandlerHowardMontgomeryO'ConnorDisneySchwabeGilmerBelcherInhofeLargentSullivanBridenstine2nd districtFultonMorganHastingsRobertsonNicholsStiglerEdmondsonMcSpaddenRisenhooverCoburnCarsonD. BorenMullinBrecheen3rd districtCreagerCarterCartwrightStewartAlbertWatkinsBrewster4th districtMurrayMcKeown