Robert Gambrell "Bob" Jones | |
Nationality: | American |
Office: | Louisiana State Senator for Calcasieu and Jefferson Davis parishes |
Party: | Democrat-turned-Republican (1978) |
Term Start: | 1972 |
Term End: | 1976 |
Preceded: | A. C. "Ace" Clemons Jr. |
Succeeded: | William L. McLeod |
Office2: | Louisiana State Representative for Calcasieu and Cameron parishes |
Term Start2: | 1968 |
Term End2: | 1972 |
Birth Date: | 9 May 1939 |
Birth Place: | Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish Louisiana |
Occupation: | Financial Advisor 1962-2020 |
Spouse: | Sarah Quinn Jones |
Children: | Sam Houston Jones, II Genin Quinn Jones Anna Gambrelle J. Guthrie Jennifer Louise J. Schindler |
Robert Gambrell Jones, known as Bob Jones (born May 9, 1939), was the son of former Louisiana Governor Sam H. Jones and is a former Louisiana politician himself who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1968 to 1972 and in the Louisiana State Senate from 1972 to 1976. Entering politics as a Democrat, Jones became a Republican in 1978.[1]