Dick Jones
Politician
1910 – 2008
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Who was Dick Jones?
Richard R. "Dick" Jones was a trucking executive from Cody and Powell in Park County, Wyoming, who served in his state's House of Representatives and Senate from 1955 to 1974. He was the unsuccessful Republican gubernatorial nominee in the nationally Democratic year of 1974. A conservative, Jones was allied with the Ronald W. Reagan political faction in Wyoming. His family-owned Dick Jones Trucking Company still operates from Powell; at its peak, it reached into thirty-eight states.
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- Born
- Sep 5, 1910
Huntley - Also known as
- Mayor Dick Jones
- Spouses
- Religion
- Methodism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Cody
- Died
- Aug 20, 2008
Powell
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on July 23, 2013
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