Asahel Wellington Jones (September 18, 1838 – October 9, 1918) was an American Republican politician who served as the 24th lieutenant governor of Ohio from 1896 to 1900.
Jones was born September 18, 1838, at Johnstonsville, Trumbull County, Ohio, son of William P. Jones, born in Trumbull County, and Mary J. Bond, born in New York.Trumbull 1882 : 218 He was raised on a farm and educated in the public schools. He attended Western Reserve Academy. He read law in Warren, and was admitted to the bar 1859.Smith 1898 : 667 In 1861, he opened an office in Mecca, Ohio, during the oil boom there.Randall 1915 : 525-529 In 1864, he moved to Youngstown. His practice there concentrated on personal injury lawsuits involving railroads. In 1869, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Mahoning County, and re-elected in 1871. He later was general council for the Pittsburg and Western Railroad, and attorney for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He was director and a large stockholder of the Second National Bank of Youngstown, and the Dollar Savings and Trust Company.Reed 1897 : 265-268
In 1880 Jones was a delegate to the Republican National Convention. In December, 1884, he was elected President of the Ohio State Bar Association.Bar Association 1888 : 99 Governor Foraker appointed him judge advocate general of the state. In 1895, he was nominated at the state Republican Convention, and won election as Lieutenant Governor.1895 election Jones 425,871 Democrat John W. Peaslee 331,521 from Smith 1898 : 665 He won re-election in 1897.
In 1906, Jones retired from legal practice, and concentrated on farming at Hartford. He was married September 24, 1861, to Jeanette Palmer, who had two children, and died in 1901. In 1904, he married Louise Brice of Oberlin, Ohio, a graduate of Oberlin College.
Jones died in his country home in Trumbull County on October 9, 1918. Jones was a member of the Methodist Episcopal faith,Bar Association 1919 :126-129 and was a FreemasonUpton 1909 : 308
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