Joel Yancey
U.S. Congressperson
1773 – 1838
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
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on July 23, 2013
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