Thomas Alva Yon (March 14, 1882 – February 16, 1971) was an American politician and businessman who served in the
United States House of Representatives
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as a
Democrat
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.
Life
Thomas Alva Yon was born to Higdon Almarin Yon and Laura D. Lockey near
Blountstown, Florida
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on March 14, 1882. At the age of five, his family moved to a farm in
Jackson County, Florida
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History
Jackson County was created by the Florida Territ ...
. Yon attended rural schools and graduated from
Lanier Southern Business College in Macon, Georgia in 1903. He returned to Blountstown in 1903 and engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1906. He engaged as a traveling salesman in
Tallahassee, Florida
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from 1906 to 1927. He served as delegate to the
1920 Democratic National Convention
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Yon was elected as a
Democrat
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to the United States House of Representatives in the
1926 elections
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, and was twice re-elected, serving from March 4, 1927 to March 4, 1933, in the
70th,
71st, and
72nd Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in
1932
Events January
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. He was a supporter of the building of
Naval Air Station Pensacola
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. During the
1932 Democratic Party presidential primaries
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he supported Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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for the nomination.
Yon served as a special and commercial agent in the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
:
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of the
United States Department of Commerce
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in
Washington, D.C.
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from 1933 to 1940. He served as assistant investigator in the Division of Investigation of the
General Accounting Office
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from 1941 until his retirement in January 1946. Yon engaged in development and sale of his Florida real estate holdings after retirement.
On February 16, 1971 Yon died in
Tallahassee, Florida
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in 1971, and was interred in Oakland Cemetery.
Electoral history
References
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1882 births
1971 deaths
20th-century American politicians
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Florida
People from Blountstown, Florida
People from Jackson County, Florida