Jacob A. Yordy (died June 29, 1874)[1] was an American state senator in Alabama. He served two terms in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1868–1872.[2]

He was born in and grew up in South Annville Township, Pennsylvania.[1] He lived in Ohio before the Civil War.[3] He served with Company I of the Ohio "regikent volunteers".[1] He was one of the Northerners serving in the south during the Reconstruction era.[4] He was a Republican.[3] He wrote a message about election disturbances.[5]

John T. Foster preceded him as a state senator. Yordy served from 1868 to 1872 and was succeeded by William G. Little Jr.[6] He represented Sumter County, Alabama.[1] He was one of the signatories of a letter to the U.S. Senate protesting the election of George Goldthwaite. The letter said Goldthwaite did not receive a majority of votes from legitimately elected state legislators.[7]

He was said to be a U.S. customs house employee in Mobile during testimony about officials holding more than one public office at the same time.[8]

Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins wrote "J. A. Yordy and Alabama Ostracism of Republicans".published in the July 1967 edition of the Alabama Review.[9]

He died in Mobile, Alabama June 29, 1874.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-news-sudden-death/133705286/
  2. ↑ Owen, Thomas McAdory (September 22, 1921). "History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography". S. J. Clarke publishing Company – via Google Books.
  3. 1 2 Lincove, David A. (2000). Reconstruction in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography. ISBN 9780313291999.
  4. ↑ Fleming, Walter Lynwood. "Civil war and reconstruction in Alabama". Рипол Классик – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "Congressional Serial Set". 1868.
  6. ↑ Owen, Thomas Mcadory (1921). "History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography".
  7. ↑ "The Congressional Globe". 1871.
  8. ↑ "Report ... Made to the Two Houses of Congress February 19, 1872: Alabama". 1872.
  9. ↑ https://www.google.com/books/edition/Reconstruction_in_the_United_States/ZuLEEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=j.a.+yordy+ohio&pg=PA277&printsec=frontcover


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