What is Doug Jones (politician)?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Doug Jones |image = Senator Doug Jones official photo.jpg |jr/sr = United States Senator |state = [[Alabama]] |term_start = January 3, 2018 |term_end = January 3, 2021 |predecessor = [[Luther Strange]] |successor = [[Tommy Tuberville]] |office1 = [[United States Attorney]] for the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama|Northern District of Alabama]] |president1 = [[Bill Clinton]] |term_start1 = September 8, 1997 |term_end1 = January 20, 2001 |predecessor1 = [[Claude Harris Jr.]] |successor1 = [[Alice Martin]] |birth_name = Gordon Douglas Jones |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|5|4}} |birth_place = [[Fairfield, Alabama]], U.S. |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = {{marriage|Louise New|December 12, 1992}} |children = 3 |education = [[University of Alabama]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])}}<br>[[Samford University]] {{small|([[Juris Doctor|JD]])}} |website = |signature = Djsig.svg }} '''Gordon Douglas Jones''' (born May 4, 1954) is an American attorney, prosecutor, and politician. Jones is the [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] of [[Alabama]] upon being elected on December 12, 2017 and sworn-in on January 3, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/e2f3c87b2f6b4c05b5e8f8cab38dd48c|title=Democrat Jones wins stunning red-state Alabama Senate upset|first1=Kim|last1=Ch|last2=LER|first3=Steve|last3=Peoples|date=13 December 2017|website=AP NEWS}}</ref> Jones served as the [[United States Attorney]] for the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama|Northern District of Alabama]]. As a lawyer, Jones is known for prosecuting the remaining two [[Ku Klux Klan]] perpetrators of the [[16th Street Baptist Church bombing]] which killed four [[African Americans|African-American]] girls, along with leading an indictment against the [[Eric Rudolph|Olympic Park Bomber]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.al.com/