Lawrence Clark Jones was born in Rutland, Vermont on August 10, 1893, the son of Joseph C. and Alice L.

[1] He graduated from Rutland High School and attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute from 1912 to 1915.

[1] In 1924 he was elected state’s attorney of Rutland County; he was reelected twice, and served from 1925 to 1931.

[3] In 1942, Jones was appointed chief attorney for the federal Office of Price Administration in Vermont.

[4] In 1945, Jones was appointed Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs (chief assistant) to Governor Mortimer R.