Benjamin Franklin Jones (industrialist)
Benjamin Jones | |
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| Chair of the Republican National Committee | |
| In office June 6, 1884 – July 12, 1888 | |
| Preceded by | Dwight M. Sabin |
| Succeeded by | Matt Quay |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Benjamin Franklin Jones, Sr. August 8, 1824 Claysville, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | May 19, 1903 (aged 78) |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Mary McMasters |
| Children | 1 |
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Benjamin Franklin Jones (August 8, 1824 – May 19, 1903) was a pioneer of the iron and steel industry in Pittsburgh, United States. Originally involved in the river barge industry, he purchased a share in American Iron Works in 1851, along with Bernard Lauth. He later joined with James H. Laughlin to form Jones and Laughlin Steel Company, a steel mill heavily dependent on river transportation. The B.F. Jones Memorial Library in Aliquippa Pennsylvania, the site of J&L Steel's Aliquippa Works, was built in his honor with funds donated by his daughter.