Thomas G. Jones

Thomas Goode Jones (November 26, 1844 – April 28, 1914) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

Education and career
Born on November 26, 1844, in Macon, Georgia, Jones attended the Virginia Military Institute and read law in 1868. He served in the Confederate States Army as a major from 1862 to 1865. He was a planter in Montgomery, Alabama 1865 to 1868. He was the editor of the Montgomery Daily Picayune in 1868. He entered private practice in Montgomery starting in 1868. he was the reporter of decisions for the Supreme Court of Alabama from 1870 to 1880. He was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives from 1884 to 1888, serving as Speaker from 1886 to 1888. He was the Governor of Alabama from 1890 to 1894.

Federal judicial service
Jones received a recess appointment from President Theodore Roosevelt on October 7, 1901, to a joint seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama vacated by Judge John Bruce. He was nominated to the same position by President Roosevelt on December 5, 1901. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 17, 1901, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on April 28, 1914, due to his death in Montgomery.