Jacob Senewell Yost (July 29, 1801 – March 7, 1872) was an American politician who represented
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
in the
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...
.
Early life and education
Yost was born in
Lower Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Lower Pottsgrove Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, approximately 30 miles (51 kilometers) northwest of Philadelphia and 18 miles (30 kilometers) southeast of Reading, along the Schuylkill River. The popula ...
. He attended the common schools and Fourth Street Academy in Philadelphia.
Career
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. 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
Yost continued agricultural pursuits until his death in
Pottstown, Pennsylvania, at the age of 70. He was interred in Edgewood Cemetery in
Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
External links
The Political Graveyard
References
1801 births
1872 deaths
Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
People from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
19th-century American politicians
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