My Representative

Ulysses Jones, Jr.
District 98 - Part of Shelby County

Biography

Baptist; President, Pioneer Black Fire Fighters; Board of Directors, Fire Fighter Investment Group (FFIG); Member, YMCA Black Achievers; Recipient, Role Model Extraordinaire for BTW High School in Memphis; West Tennessee Optometric Society’s 1986-87 Legislator of the Year; Chairman, Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators, 97th and 98th Assemblies; Chairman, Tennessee African-American Male Task Force; Chairman, Governor’s Minority Business Development Advisory Committee, Executive Order No. 53; Chairman, Second Vice-President of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators; Member, Tennessee Commemorative Women’s Suffrage Commission; Co-Author, State Enterprise Zone Legislation; Catalyst for the Development of the North Memphis Inner City Community Development Corporation; Chairman, State and Local Government Committee 100th, 101st, 102nd, and 103rd General Assemblies; Member of House Education Committee; Co-Sponsor of Lottery Legislation. Member of the 95th through 105th General Assemblies.