Jesse H. Jones

Businessperson, Author

1874 – 1956

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Who was Jesse H. Jones?

Jesse Holman Jones was a Democratic politician and entrepreneur from Houston, Texas. He served as United States Secretary of Commerce from 1940 to 1945.

His most important role was to head the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, a federal agency originally created in the Herbert Hoover administration that played a major role in combating the Great Depression and financing industrial expansion during World War II. Jones was in charge of spending US$50 billion, especially in financing railways and building munitions factories.

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Born
Apr 5, 1874
Robertson County
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  • United States of America
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Lived in
  • Tennessee
Died
Jun 1, 1956
Houston

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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