H. Kent Jones

H. Kent Jones (April 26, 1926 – December 17, 1995) was a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as the North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture from 1981 to 1988. He also served as a state legislator in the 42nd through the 46th legislative assemblies.[1]

H. Kent Jones
North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture
In office
1981–1988
GovernorAllen I. Olson
George A. Sinner
Preceded byMyron Just
Succeeded bySarah Vogel
Personal details
Born(1926-04-26)April 26, 1926
Webster Township, Ramsey County, North Dakota
DiedDecember 17, 1995(1995-12-17) (aged 69)
Political partyRepublican
Alma materNorth Dakota State University
OccupationPolitician, farmer

Biography

Kent Jones was born in Webster Township in Ramsey County, North Dakota in 1926, and he graduated from Devils Lake High School. He obtained a degree in agriculture from North Dakota State University, and became a farmer. He served two terms in the North Dakota House of Representatives, and three in the North Dakota State Senate before being elected as the North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture in 1980. He was re-elected in 1984, but did not win the Republican nomination to the position in 1988, so he ran as an independent but lost.[2] He married Helen Johnson and they had four children; Jeff, Deborah, Becky, and Sarah. He married Kathleen Hagen in 1988.[3] He died at the age of 69 in 1995.

Notes
  1. "Journal of the Senate" (PDF). March 10, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2006. Retrieved June 19, 2007.
  2. Nowatzki, Mike (April 6, 2014). "Ag commissioner Goehring survives GOP endorsement challenge". Archived from the original on April 8, 2014. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
  3. North Dakota Blue Book, 1988
Preceded by
Myron Just		 Agriculture Commissioner of North Dakota
1981–1988		 Succeeded by
Sarah Vogel


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