Jacob Senewell Yost

Background

Yost, Jacob Senewell was born on July 29, 1801 in Pottsgrove Township, Pennsylvania, United States.

Education

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 Louisiana Fayette Aurora in Louisiana Fayette, Pennsylvania. 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 United States. Marshal for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by appointment of President James Buchanan, serving from 1857 until his resignation in 1860.

Afterward he continued his agricultural pursuits until his death in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, at the age of 70.

He was interred in Edgewood Cemetery in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.

Achievements

• Jacob Senewell Yost has been listed as a noteworthy congressman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1836 to 1839.