Joel Yancey

U.S. Congressperson

1773 – 1838

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Who was Joel Yancey?

Joel Yancey was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Albemarle County, Virginia. Later, he moved to Kentucky. Yancey was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives 1809-1811. He also served in the Kentucky Senate 1816-1820 and 1824-1827.

Yancey was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth and Twenty-first Congresses. While in Congress, he served as chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1830 to the Twenty-second Congress. Yancey died in Barren County, Kentucky in April 1838 and was buried in that county.

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Born
Oct 21, 1773
Albemarle County
Profession
Lived in
  • Virginia
  • Kentucky
Died
1838

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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