biography
| name: |
Jones, Jesse Holman
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| male
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| lived:
| (1874–1956)
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| biography:
| Businessman and government official, born in Robertson Co, Tennessee, USA. A lumber and real-estate magnate based in Houston, TX, he provided financial support for the Democrats. Head of the Reconstruction Finance Committee (1932–40), he set loan terms for banks and corporations, becoming secretary of commerce (1940–5). He later published the Houston Chronicle. |
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