Osborne I. Yellott

Osborne Ingle Yellott (January 1, 1871 – March 19, 1922) was an American politician and lawyer from Maryland. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Baltimore County in 1894.

Early life Osborne Ingle Yellott was born on January 1, 1871, in Towson, Maryland, to John I. Yellott. His grand-uncles were George Yellott and William P. Maulsby, both judges of the court of appeals. He was also grand-nephew of Coleman Yellott. Yellott graduated from the public school in Towson and attended Major Wilburn B. Hall's private school in Baltimore for two years. Yellott graduated from St. John's College in Annapolis in 1891. He left St. John's briefly in his junior year and worked for a paper in Washington, D.C., before returning to finish his degree. He graduated with a law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law. He was admitted to the bar in 1892.

Career Yellott practiced law with his father and T. Scott Offutt, the latter of whom went on to serve on the state's supreme court.

Yellott was a Democrat. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Baltimore County in 1894. In 1920, Yellott was appointed as state employment commissioner by governor Albert Ritchie and was people's counsel for the public service commission.

In 1920, Yellott challenged the police department for "inefficiency in the apprehension of automobile thieves".

Personal life

Yellott was married Louise Cole Powers, daughter of reverend W. H. H. Powers, on June 17, 1897. He was buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Towson.