After his second house term expired , Jones was named a commissioner of the Joliet Penitentiary . He was the secretary of the board of trustees for three and a half years . President Rutherford B. Hayes appointed Jones a tax assessor for Sterling , Illinois , in 1880 . The next year , President James A. Garfield named him marshal of the Northern District of Illinois . He held the position until 1885 . At the 1892 Republican National Convention , he had control of Benjamin Harrison 's presidential campaign
1892 Republican National Convention
1892 Republican National Convention
Alfred M. Jones