Jacob Senewell Yost
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Jacob Senewell Yost was an American politician who represented Pennsylvania
in the United States House of Representatives
.
Yost was born in Pottsgrove Township, Pennsylvania, near Pottstown, Pennsylvania
. He attended the common schools and Fourth Street Academy in Philadelphia. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and served as publisher and editor of the La Fayette Aurora in La Fayette, Pennsylvania.
He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1836 to 1839. Yost was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-Eighth
and Twenty-Ninth
Congresses, serving from 1843 to 1847. He resumed a political position as the U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by appointment of President James Buchanan
, serving from 1857 until his resignation in 1860.
Afterward he continued his agricultural pursuits until his death in Pottstown, Pennsylvania
, at the age of 70. He was interred in Edgewood Cemetery in Pottstown, Pennsylvania
.
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
in the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
.
Yost was born in Pottsgrove Township, Pennsylvania, near Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Pottstown is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States northwest of Philadelphia and southeast of Reading, on the Schuylkill River. Pottstown was laid out in 1752–53 and named Pottsgrove in honor of its founder, John Potts. The old name was abandoned at the time of the...
. He attended the common schools and Fourth Street Academy in Philadelphia. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and served as publisher and editor of the La Fayette Aurora in La Fayette, Pennsylvania.
He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1836 to 1839. Yost was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-Eighth
28th United States Congress
-House of Representatives:Following the 1840 United States Census, Congress reapportioned the House to include 223 seats . During this congress, one House seat was added for the new state of Florida .- Senate :*President: Vacant...
and Twenty-Ninth
29th United States Congress
-House of Representatives:During this congress, two House seats were added for each of the new states of Texas and Iowa.-Leadership:-Senate:* President: George M. Dallas * President pro tempore: Willie P. Mangum...
Congresses, serving from 1843 to 1847. He resumed a political position as the U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by appointment of President James Buchanan
James Buchanan
James Buchanan, Jr. was the 15th President of the United States . He is the only president from Pennsylvania, the only president who remained a lifelong bachelor and the last to be born in the 18th century....
, serving from 1857 until his resignation in 1860.
Afterward he continued his agricultural pursuits until his death in Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Pottstown is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States northwest of Philadelphia and southeast of Reading, on the Schuylkill River. Pottstown was laid out in 1752–53 and named Pottsgrove in honor of its founder, John Potts. The old name was abandoned at the time of the...
, at the age of 70. He was interred in Edgewood Cemetery in Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Pottstown is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States northwest of Philadelphia and southeast of Reading, on the Schuylkill River. Pottstown was laid out in 1752–53 and named Pottsgrove in honor of its founder, John Potts. The old name was abandoned at the time of the...
.