Doug Jones

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Doug Jones is an American attorney and Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Alabama and gained national prominence for prosecuting Ku Klux Klan members involved in the 1963 Birmingham church bombing.

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instanceOf United States Senator ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
appointedBy Bill Clinton ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
defeated Roy Moore ⓘ
educatedAt Cumberland School of Law ⓘ
University of Alabama ⓘ
electedIn 2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama ⓘ
endTime 2021-01-03 ⓘ
familyName Jones ⓘ
givenName Gordon ⓘ
hasChild three children ⓘ
hasSpouse Louise Jones ⓘ
legalSpecialty criminal law ⓘ
memberOf United States Senate ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
name Doug Jones ⓘ
notableFor being the first Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate from Alabama in 25 years ⓘ
civil rights prosecutions related to the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing ⓘ
notableWork prosecution of Bobby Frank Cherry for the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing ⓘ
prosecution of Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr. for the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing ⓘ
occupation attorney ⓘ
politician ⓘ
prosecutor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Fairfield, Alabama, United States ⓘ
linked to: Fairfield, Alabama
positionHeld United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama ⓘ
United States Senator ⓘ
precededBy Luther Strange ⓘ
prosecuted Ku Klux Klan members involved in the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing ⓘ
ranForOffice United States Senate from Alabama ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
represented Alabama ⓘ
residence Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
startTime 2017-01-03 ⓘ
stateOfBirth Alabama ⓘ
succeededBy Tommy Tuberville ⓘ
workLocation Birmingham, Alabama ⓘ

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