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Meet Doug Jones, who put Ku Klux Klan members in prison and just became the first Democratic senator from Alabama this century

Michal KranzDec 14, 2017, 01:54 IST

Doug Jones celebrates on election night in Alabama, December 12, 2017.Marvin Gentry/Reuters

Attorney Doug Jones became the newest US senator after he defeated Republican candidate Roy Moore in an upset election win on Tuesday night, topping off an impressive career in law to become the first Democratic senator from Alabama in over twenty years.

The son of a steelworker, Jones' enjoyed an impressive career as a US attorney and prosecutor. He famously put two Ku Klux Klan members in prison for their role in a 1963 bombing.

Here's how Jones' humble beginnings in Alabama led him to the US Senate: