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Jesse Johnson Yeates (May 29, 1829 – September 5, 1892) was a
Democratic U.S. Congressman from
North Carolina
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between 1875 and 1881.
Life and career
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Born in
Hertford County, North Carolina
Hertford County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,552. Its county seat is Winton. It is classified within the region known in the 21st century as the Inner Banks.
History
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, near
Murfreesboro, Yeates attended private schools and then
Emory and Henry College
Emory & Henry College (E&H or Emory) is a private liberal arts college in Emory, Virginia. The campus comprises of Washington County, which is part of the Appalachian highlands of Southwest Virginia. Founded in 1836, Emory & Henry College is ...
in
Virginia
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. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1855, practicing law in Murfreesboro. He became the prosecuting attorney of Hertford County in 1855, serving until 1860, when he was named solicitor of the first judicial district.
Also in 1860, Yeates was elected to a term in the
North Carolina House of Commons
The North Carolina House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. The House is a 120-member body led by a Speaker of the House, who holds powers similar to those of the President pro-tem in the North Ca ...
, serving for two years. He was a major in the
Confederate Army during the
American Civil War
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and was a member of the council of Governor
Jonathan Worth.
Named by Governor
William Woods Holden
William Woods Holden (November 24, 1818 – March 1, 1892) was an American politician who served as the 38th and 40th governor of North Carolina. He was appointed by President Andrew Johnson in 1865 for a brief term and then elected in 1868. ...
as judge of the first judicial district of North Carolina in 1868, Yeates declined the appointment, but remained active in politics. He was a delegate to the 1871 Democratic State Convention and the state Constitutional Convention that same year.
In 1874, Yeates was elected to the U.S. House as a member of the
44th United States Congress
The 44th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1875, ...
. He was re-elected in 1876 and stood again in 1878, losing to
Joseph John Martin. Yeates successfully contested Martin's election and served briefly in the U.S. House again from January 29 to March 3, 1881. He declined to run again in 1880 and returned to the practice of law in
Washington, DC
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. He died in Washington in 1892 and is buried in
Glenwood Cemetery.
His homes at Murfreesboro, the
John Wheeler House and
Myrick–Yeates–Vaughan House, are listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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.
References
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1829 births
1892 deaths
People from Murfreesboro, North Carolina
Democratic Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives
Confederate States Army officers
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina
19th-century American politicians
Burials at Glenwood Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)