Andrew Jackson Yorty (January 4, 1832 – February 20, 1886) was an American politician and businessman. Born in

Meadville, Pennsylvania Meadville is a city in and the county seat of Crawford County, Pennsylvania. The city is within of Erie and within of Pittsburgh. It was the first permanent settlement in Northwestern Pennsylvania. The population was 13,388 at the 2010 censu ...

, Yorty moved to the Town of

Clinton Clinton is an English toponymic surname, indicating one's ancestors came from English places called Glympton or Glinton.Hanks, P. & Hodges, F. ''A Dictionary of Surnames''. Oxford University Press, 1988 Clinton has frequently been used as a given ...

Wisconsin Territory The Territory of Wisconsin was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 3, 1836, until May 29, 1848, when an eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Wisconsin. Belmont was ...

in 1844 and then to the Town of Metomen,

living in

Brandon, Wisconsin Brandon is a village in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 879 at the 2010 census. History Brandon was originally dubbed "Bungtown" in the town's creation in 1856. The Rens Hemp Company of Brandon, Wisconsin, close ...

. Yorty went to California in 1855 and returned in 1861. He was in the hardware and lumber business. Yorty was chairman of the Metomen Town Board. In 1872, Yorty served in the

Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ...

as a

Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

. He died in Brandon in 1886.

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