For the football player of the same name see Homer Jones (American football). For the economist, see Homer Jones (economist)

Homer Jones (economist)

Homer Jones was a prominent American economist.In the course of his career, Jones spent time at Rutgers University, the University of Chicago, The Brookings Institution and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. He is best known for serving as research director, and later senior...

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Homer Raymond Jones (3 September 1893–26 November 1970), an American

United States

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 politician, served as a member of the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

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 from 1947 to 1949. He represented the First Congressional District of Washington as a Republican.

Jones defeated incumbent Democrat Emerson DeLacy

Emerson DeLacy

Emerson Hugh De Lacy , an American politician, served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1945 to 1947. He represented the First Congressional District of Washington as a Democrat....

 in the election of 1946. He was himself defeated two years later by Hugh Mitchell

Hugh Mitchell

Hugh Burnton Mitchell , an American politician, served as a member of the United States Senate from 1945 to 1946 and as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1953. He represented the state of Washington...

, a Democrat, in 1948.