district state_senate death_date death_place birth_place party profession state_house birth_date term_start signature image article_title term_end name
33rd 10th wisconsin 8 july 1910 milwaukee , wisconsin new durham , new hampshire republican businessman illinois february 5 , 1837 1899 1872 alfred m. jones signature.png alfred m. jones.png alfred m. jones
 1903 1876 alfred m. `` long '' jones
alfred m. jones

alfred miles jones -lrb- february 5 , 1837 -- july 8 , 1910 -rrb- , nicknamed `` long '' jones , was an american politician and businessman .
born in new hampshire , jones came with his family to illinois in 1847 .
jones became a prominent politician in jo daviess county , illinois , eventually rising to deputy sheriff and the leader of the county chapter of the republican party .
he was elected to two terms in the illinois house of representatives , then received two positions under the spoils system .
jones was chairman of the illinois republican committee for twelve years .
in the 1880s , he assumed control of the bethesda spring in waukesha , wisconsin , and helped turn it into one of the most prominent spring water companies in the nation .
he moved to waukesha in 1896 and was elected to the wisconsin state senate three years later , serving one term .
