Burr W. Jones

The Honorable
Burr W. Jones
Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
In office
September 6, 1920 – January 1, 1926
Appointed byEmanuel L. Philipp
Preceded byJohn B. Winslow
Succeeded byE. Ray Stevens
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
Preceded byGeorge Cochrane Hazelton
Succeeded byRobert M. La Follette
District Attorney of Dane County
In office
January 1, 1873 – January 1, 1877
Preceded byJ. C. McKinney
Succeeded byW. H. Rogers
Personal details
BornMarch 9, 1846
DiedJanuary 7, 1935(1935-01-07) (aged 88)
Resting placeForest Hill Cemetery
Madison, Wisconsin
PartyDemocratic
Spouses
  • Olive L. Hoyt
    (m. 1873; died 1906)
  • Katharine McDonald (died 1956)
Children
  • Marion Burr (Smith)
  • (b. 1883; died 1967)
Parents
  • William Jones (father)
  • Sarah M. (Prentice) Jones (mother)
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Burr W. Jones (March 9, 1846 – January 7, 1935) was an American lawyer, jurist, and Democratic politician from Dane County, Wisconsin. He served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district for the 48th Congress (1883–1885). Later in life, he served five years as a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, from 1920 through 1925. He was a prominent law professor in Wisconsin, working for more than 30 years at the University of Wisconsin Law School; he also served on the Wisconsin Tax Commission and was president of the State Bar of Wisconsin, and authored a three-volume legal treatise known as Jones on Evidence.