31-589: President Jones may refer to: Anson Jones , president of the Republic of Texas Bob Jones Sr. (1883–1968), president of Bob Jones University Bob Jones Jr. (1911–1997), president of Bob Jones University Rock F. Jones , president of Ohio Wesleyan University Stephen Jones (administrator) (born 1969), president of Bob Jones University See also [ edit ] Rufus Jones for President , 1933 American Pre-Code satirical musical-comedy Topics referred to by
62-507: A "general law" city, West Columbia must operate according to specific state statutes prescribing powers and duties. City Council is composed of five Council members and a Mayor, elected at-large to two (2) year terms in nonpartisan elections. The day-to-day operation of West Columbia falls to a full-time City Manager. The city is served by the Columbia-Brazoria Independent School District . Schools that serve
93-628: A doctor, and in 1832, he renounced medicine and headed for New Orleans , where he entered the mercantile trade. Once again, though, Jones's dreams were thwarted. Though he safely weathered two plagues, his business efforts never met with any success, and within a year he had no money. He was a member and Past Master of the Masonic Harmony Lodge No. 52 of Philadelphia. He was a Past Grand of Independent Order of Odd Fellows Washington Lodge no. 2 and Philadelphia Lodge no. 13 in Pennsylvania and
124-505: A duel (though the duel never occurred). Just a few months before the revolution, on March 2, 1834, Jones met with four other Masons at Brazoria and petitioned the Grand Master of Louisiana for a dispensation and a charter to form the first Masonic lodge in Texas. In December, when the lodge was set to labor, Jones was elected its first Master. The charter for Holland Lodge No. 36 arrived during
155-470: A female householder with no husband present, and 31.6% were non-families. 27.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.19. In the city, the population was spread out, with 28.8% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
186-699: A one-room school. He taught there from 1812 to 1813. In 1820, Jones was licensed as a doctor by the Oneida, New York , Medical Society, and began medical practice in 1822. However, his practice prospered, and he moved several more times before finally being arrested in Philadelphia by a creditor. He stayed in Philadelphia for a few more years, teaching and practicing medicine, until in 1823, he decided to go to Venezuela. Later, Jones returned to Philadelphia, earned an MD , and reopened his practice. He never had much success as
217-491: A partial term in the Senate, where he quickly became a critic of Lamar's administration. He retired from the Senate in 1841, declining the opportunity to serve as Vice President in favor of returning to his medical practice. Late in 1841, though, he was named Texas Secretary of State by President Houston, who had recently been elected president again by opponents of Lamar. Jones served as Secretary of State until 1844. During his term,
248-468: A planter and eventually amassed an enormous estate, he was never able to get past the fact that Sam Houston and Thomas Jefferson Rusk were chosen over him to represent Texas in Washington, DC. After the suicide of Thomas Jefferson Rusk in 1857, Jones became convinced that the legislature would finally send him to the Senate, but he received no votes. In 1849 Jones was thrown from a horse. His left arm
279-483: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Anson Jones Anson Jones (January 20, 1798 – January 9, 1858) was a medical doctor, businessman, member of Congress , and the fourth and last president of the Republic of Texas . Jones was born on January 20, 1798, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts . He traveled to Seneca Falls, New York , and opened
310-417: The 2020 United States census , there were 3,644 people, 1,398 households, and 984 families residing in the city. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,255 people, 1,607 households, and 1,099 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,661.9 inhabitants per square mile (641.7/km ). There were 1,755 housing units at an average density of 685.5 per square mile (264.7/km ). The racial makeup of
341-614: The U.S. Senate , he brooded over his career. After dinner on January 9, 1858, he returned to his room and fatally shot himself. He was 59 years old. Jones was buried at Glenwood Cemetery in Houston. Jones County, Texas , and its county seat , Anson , were both named for Anson Jones. The Anson Jones Elementary Schools in Bryan and Midland are named for him along with Anson Jones Middle School in San Antonio, as well as Anson Jones Elementary in
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#1732863199333372-654: The poverty line , including 24.5% of those under age 18 and 14.3% of those age 65 or over. Columbia was established in 1826 by Josiah Hughes Bell when the town was laid out two miles west of Marion, later known as East Columbia . Columbia was briefly the capital of the Republic of Texas from September to December 1836. The town hosted the First Congress of the Republic of Texas when Sam Houston became president on October 22, 1836. The House of Representatives and Senate each met in private homes. The First Congress voted to move
403-560: The Dallas ISD system. His plantation home, known as Barrington, is preserved at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Park. Anson Jones served as the fourth and last President of the Republic of Texas. Columbia, Texas West Columbia is a city in Brazoria County , Texas , United States. The city is centered on the intersection of Texas Highways 35 & 36, 55 miles (89 km) southwest of downtown Houston . The population
434-648: The Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania of Oddfellows. In 1832, Jones headed west to Texas , settling eventually in Brazoria . Here, at last, he met with success, establishing a medical practice that prospered quickly. In 1835, he began to speak out about the growing tensions between Texas and Mexico, and that year he attended the Consultation , a meeting held at Columbia , by Texas patriots to discuss
465-581: The Texas Army, though he insisted on holding the rank of private throughout the conflict. After the war, Jones returned to Brazoria and resumed his medical practice. Upon his return to Brazoria, Jones found that James Collinsworth , a fellow Texas patriot and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence from Brazoria, had set up a law practice in Jones's office. Jones evicted Collinsworth and challenged him to
496-454: The area boasted the most cattle in the state. In 1960 West Columbia had 2,947 residents, in 1970 it had 3,335 and in 1990 it had 4,372. In the next two decades the population dipped slightly. Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site is near West Columbia. The United States Postal Service West Columbia Post Office is located at 350 West Brazos Avenue. West Columbia is a General Law municipality, like approximately 75% of Texas cities. As
527-513: The capital to Houston on November 30 because Columbia lacked living quarters for government officials. On December 27, 1836, Stephen F. Austin died at the home of George B. McKinstry in Columbia. The town, which became known as West Columbia, saw its commerce decline after the government moved away. A post office was set up in 1905. When oil was discovered in the West Columbia oil field in 1918,
558-587: The city include West Columbia Elementary School, Barrow Elementary School, Wild Peach Elementary School, West Brazos Junior High School, and Columbia High School . One elementary and the high school are in West Columbia. The junior high and Barrow Elementary are located in Brazoria. There is a charter school called West Columbia Charter School. The West Columbia Library is a part of the Brazoria County Library System . The Texas Legislature assigned
589-404: The city was 70.15% White , 19.51% African American , 0.40% Native American , 0.38% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 7.83% from other races , and 1.72% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 18.05% of the population. There were 1,607 households, out of which 35.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% were married couples living together, 14.0% had
620-515: The county seat, and southwest 23 miles (37 km) to Bay City . Texas Highway 36 leads north 32 miles (51 km) to Rosenberg and southeast 23 miles (37 km) to Freeport on the Gulf of Mexico . According to the United States Census Bureau , West Columbia has a total area of 2.6 square miles (6.7 km ), of which 0.02 square miles (0.04 km ), or 0.67%, is water. As of
651-582: The establishment of an endowment for a university. Jones expected to return to his practice at Brazoria after his term in Congress, but Texas President Sam Houston instead appointed him Minister to the United States, where Jones was to formally withdraw the annexation proposal. During this time, while many Texans hoped to encourage eventual annexation by the United States, some supported waiting for annexation or even remaining independent. The United States, in
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#1732863199333682-534: The fight with Mexico (the meeting's leadership did not want to call the meeting a "convention", for fear the Mexican government would view it as an independence forum). Jones himself presented a resolution at the Consultation calling for a convention to be held to declare independence, but he himself refused to be nominated to the convention. During the Texas Revolution , Jones served as a judge advocate and surgeon to
713-595: The final days of the revolution, and Jones carried it in his saddlebags during the decisive Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836. At the formation of the Grand Lodge of the Republic of Texas in December 1837, he was elected its first Grand Master. He also became the first Grand Master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Texas. On May 17, 1840, he married Mary Smith Jones . Together, they had four children. Jones and Collinsworth would spar again. Collinsworth
744-468: The late 1830s, was hesitant to annex Texas for fear of provoking a war with Mexico. Jones and others felt that Texas gaining recognition from European states was important, and began to set up trade relations with them, to make annexation of Texas more attractive to the United States, or failing that, to give Texas the strength to remain independent. Jones was recalled to Texas by new president Mirabeau Lamar in 1839. Back at home, he found himself elected to
775-547: The main goal of Texas foreign policy was to get either an offer of annexation from the United States, or a recognition of Texas independence from Mexico, or preferably, both at the same time. Anson Jones served as the fourth and last President of the Republic of Texas. Jones hoped that the new Texas state legislature would send him to the United States Senate. He was not chosen, and as time went on, he became increasingly bitter about this slight. Although Jones prospered as
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837-468: The town became a center for cotton, oil, rice and sulphur . By 1928, the town's population rose to 2,500, but the ill-effects of the Great Depression caused the number of residents to fall to about 1,000. In 1940 there were 1,573 persons living in West Columbia and 50 businesses. During the 1950s, the population increased to 2,100. By the 1960s big oil companies had a considerable presence near town and
868-542: Was 3,644 at the 2020 census . The 1st Congress of the Republic of Texas was convened in West Columbia on October 3, 1836. (It was then named simply Columbia.) West Columbia is located in western Brazoria County at 29°8′29″N 95°38′49″W / 29.14139°N 95.64694°W / 29.14139; -95.64694 (29.141513, –95.647016), about 2 miles (3 km) west of the Brazos River . Texas State Highway 35 leads east 13 miles (21 km) to Angleton ,
899-408: Was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.0 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 31,115, and the median income for a family was $ 38,090. Males had a median income of $ 37,981 versus $ 19,775 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 15,647. About 14.0% of families and 20.0% of the population were below
930-408: Was crushed and became withered and discolored. This injury sent him back east for medical treatment. In the east he was exposed to and found keen interest in new technology, especially railroads. For four days, he had lodged at Houston 's old Capitol Hotel , the former seat of government of the Republic of Texas. His arm permanently injured in a fall, and having received no votes for a vacant seat in
961-535: Was instrumental in starting the Texas Railroad, Navigation, and Banking Company, to which Jones was vehemently opposed. Jones was elected to the Second Texas Congress as an opponent of the company; however, his most significant act in Congress was to call for the withdrawal of the Texas proposal for annexation by the United States. He also helped draw up legislation to regulate medical practice, and called for