Richard Ray Jones (September 5, 1910 â August 20, 2008) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1955 to 1957 and in the Wyoming Senate from 1957 to 1973.
Jones born in Huntley, Montana, the son of Alfred and Elsa Jones. He attended Huntley Project High School, graduating in 1928. After graduating, he served in the armed forces during World War II, which after his discharge, he operated his own trucking company in Powell, Wyoming.
Jones served in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1955 to 1957. After his service in the House, he then served in the Wyoming Senate from 1957 to 1973, which after his service in the Senate, in 1974, he ran as a Republican candidate for governor of Wyoming. He received 56,645 votes, but lost to Democratic candidate Edgar Herschler, who won with 71,741 votes.
Jones died on August 20, 2008, at the Powell Hospital in Powell, Wyoming, at the age of 97.