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|birth_date=February 10, 1943 | |birth_date=February 10, 1943 | ||
| − | |birth_place= | + | |birth_place=Farmville, North Carolina, U.S. |
|death_date=February 10, 2019 | |death_date=February 10, 2019 | ||
| + | |death_place=Greenville, North Carolina, U.S. | ||
|death_cause=motor neurone disease | |death_cause=motor neurone disease | ||
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| + | |alma_mater=Hargrave Military Academy,Barton College | ||
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| + | |title=U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 3rd district | ||
| + | |start=January 3, 1995 | ||
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| + | |title=Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 9th district | ||
| + | |start=January 31, 1983 | ||
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| − | '''Walter Beaman Jones Jr.''' was an [[American]] [[politician]] who served twelve terms in the United States House of Representatives | + | }} |
| + | '''Walter Beaman Jones Jr.''' was an [[American]] [[politician]] who served twelve terms in the United States House of Representatives. | ||
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| + | Jones became well known for leading the effort, along with GOP Rep. [[Bob Ney]], to have [[French fries]] renamed "freedom fries" on House cafeteria menus as a protest against French opposition to the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]].<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/11/sprj.irq.fries</ref> | ||
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| Born | February 10, 1943 Farmville, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | February 10, 2019 (Age 76) Greenville, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
Cause of death | motor neurone disease | ||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Hargrave Military Academy, Barton College | ||||||||||||||||
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Walter Beaman Jones Jr. was an American politician who served twelve terms in the United States House of Representatives.
Jones became well known for leading the effort, along with GOP Rep. Bob Ney, to have French fries renamed "freedom fries" on House cafeteria menus as a protest against French opposition to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.[1]
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