Walter B. Jones Jr.

Walter Beaman Jones Jr. (February 10, 1943 – February 10, 2019) was an American politician. He was the U.S. Representative for  from 1995 to 2019. He was a Republican. 

Jones's father was Walter B. Jones Sr., a Democratic Party congressman from the neighboring 1st district.

Jones became well known for leading the effort to have french fries renamed "freedom fries" in House cafeteria menus as a protest against French opposition to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

In July 2018, Jones began to miss votes due his amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. In December 2018, he was given a leave of absence for the remainder of the session.Ailing Rep. Walter Jones in rehab for a broken hip, will miss more votes , by Emily Kopp, in Roll Call; published January 17, 2019; retrieved January 17, 2019 In January 2019, he broke his hip. 

On January 26, 2019, his wife said that he is under hospice care. Jones Jr. died on his 76th birthday in Greenville, North Carolina from complications of the broken hip and ALS.

References

Other websites
 Congressman Walter Jones  official U.S. House site
 Walter Jones for Congress




Category:1943 births
Category:2019 deaths
Category:Deaths from fractured hip
Category:Deaths from motor neurone disease
Category:United States representatives from North Carolina
Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians