About J. A. Yordy
J. A. Yordy was an American politician.
Jacob A. Yordy (died June 29, 1874) was an American state senator in Alabama. He served two terms in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1868–1872.
He was born in and grew up in South Annville Township, Pennsylvania. He was a Republican. He wrote a message about election disturbances.
John T. Foster preceded him as a state senator. Yordy served from 1868 to 1872 and was succeeded by William G. Little Jr. He represented Sumter County, Alabama.
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.
Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins wrote "J. A. Yordy and Alabama Ostracism of Republicans".published in the July 1967 edition of the Alabama Review.
He died in Mobile, Alabama June 29, 1874.
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Who was J. A. Yordy?
American politician
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J. A. Yordy was born in South Annville Township.
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J. A. Yordy died on 29 June 1874.
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