Jacob Senewell Yost

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Jacob Senewell Yost (July 29, 1801 – March 7, 1872) was an American politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives.

Jacob Senewell Yost
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 5th district
In office
1843–1847
Preceded byJoseph Fornance
Succeeded byJohn Freedley
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
1836–1839
Personal details
BornJuly 29, 1801
Lower Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedMarch 7, 1872 (aged 70)
Pottstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Children4

Early life and education

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Yost was born in Lower Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and Fourth Street Academy in Philadelphia.[1]

Career

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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 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.[2] 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.

Personal life

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Yost continued agricultural pursuits until his death in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, at the age of 70. He was interred in Edgewood Cemetery in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.[3]

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  • United States Congress. "Jacob Senewell Yost (id: Y000026)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • The Political Graveyard
  • InfoPlease Biography

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