J. Raymond Jones
J. Raymond Jones | |
|---|---|
| Grand Sachem of Tammany Hall | |
| In office 1964–1967 | |
| Preceded by | Edward N. Costikyan |
| Succeeded by | Office dissolved |
| New York City Councilman District 5 | |
| In office January 1, 1966 – December 31, 1969 | |
| Preceded by | Matthew Troy |
| Succeeded by | Charles Taylor |
| New York City Councilman District 21 | |
| In office March 1, 1963 – December 31, 1965 | |
| Preceded by | Herbert Evans |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Diggs |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 19, 1899 |
| Died | June 9, 1991 (aged 91) |
John Raymond Jones (November 19, 1899 – June 9, 1991), known as "The Harlem Fox", was a Danish-born (in the Danish West Indies) American Democratic Party politician who served on the New York City Council from 1963 to 1969. As the founder and longtime leader of the George Washington Carver Democratic Club, the leading political machine in majority Black Harlem, Jones was a political mentor and patron to two generations of Black Harlem political leaders, including Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Constance Baker Motley, Robert C. Weaver, David Dinkins, Basil A. Paterson, Charles Rangel, and Percy Sutton. He was eventually succeeded by the "Gang of Four", consisting of Dinkins, Paterson, Rangel, and Sutton.
Though he had long been a critic of Tammany Hall under Irish-American and Italian-American leadership, Jones became Tammany's last leader from 1964 to 1967, when the organization was dissolved.