Denny Jones
| Denny Jones | |
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| Member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 60th district |
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In office 1973–1999 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Smith |
| Succeeded by | Tom Butler |
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| Born | September 21, 1910 Morrow County, Oregon |
| Died | April 25, 2012 (aged 101) Ontario, Oregon |
| Political party | Republican |
| Profession | Rancher |
Denzil Eugene "Denny" Jones (September 21, 1910 – April 25, 2012) was an American rancher and politician. Jones is remembered as a 13-term member of the Oregon Legislative Assembly in which he represented citizens from four counties in the sparsely populated Eastern part of the state.
Jones, known by his nickname of "Denny," was born September 21, 1910 in rural Morrow County, Oregon in a house on a wheat farm located between the towns of Ione and Heppner. His family moved briefly to the state of Montana before returning to Wheeler County in Eastern Oregon, where Jones attended public school in the small town of Spray.
Jones' mother died when he was just 5 years old. Following his mother's death, his father moved the family to Crook County, where Jones attended school at Prineville. He completed two years of school at Crook County High School before being pulled out by his father, who had designs on making his diminutive son into a professional racing jockey. Jones spent over a year riding horses throughout British Columbia, Canada and in Tijuana, Mexico before he began to gain too much weight, making a further career in horse racing impossible.
Jones returned to rural Malheur County, Oregon where he took a job on a cattle ranch. He would remain a ranch hand and rancher for the rest of his working life.
In 1939, Jones went into a business partnership with a cousin who owned two cattle ranches, one near the small Oregon town of Jonesboro and the other in close proximity to Juntura. Jones managed the Jonesburo operation for the next ten years before ultimately buying the operation, on which he ran 400 head of cattle. Jones' ranch would ultimately grow to 550 head of cattle contained on 23,000 acres of high desert rangeland.
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