Daniel Webster Jones

Daniel Webster Jones (15 December 1839 – 25 December 1918) was a Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas.

Daniel Webster Jones was born in Bowie County, Texas. His family moved to Washington, Arkansas in 1840. Jones attended Washington Academy there and later studied law. During his childhood, James Black, creator of the famous Bowie knife, lived with his family before moving to Washington, Arkansas. Black attempted to show Daniel his metallurgical secret in 1870, the only person known to have knowledge of Black's secret.

Jones was elected Governor of Arkansas in 1896, and was reelected in 1898. During his term appropriations were made for the new state capitol building, and a law ordering uniform textbooks in schools was passed.

Daniel Jones is buried at the Oakland Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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