John A. Yeager

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John A. Yeager
Member of the MississippiHouseofRepresentatives
from the Lamar County district
In office
January 1916 January 1932
Personal details
Born(1882-01-17)January 17, 1882
Toomsuba, Mississippi
DiedJune 16, 1955(1955-06-16) (aged 73)
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Political party Democrat
Children7

John Alexander Yeager (January 17, 1882 - June 16, 1955) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He represented Lamar County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1916 to 1932.

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Biography

John Alexander Yeager was born on January 17, 1882, in Toomsuba, Mississippi. [1] [2] [3] He was the son of Daniel Wayne Yeager and Lucinda Jane (Dodd) Yeager. [1] He attended the public schools of Lauderdale County, Mississippi. [1] In 1906, he registered with the American Correspondence School of Law and completed the course in 1909. [1] He was then admitted to the bar. [1] Before 1915, he was a mayor of Seminary, Mississippi. [1] During his campaign for the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1915, he advocated for the preservation of Mississippi's old capitol building, a rural credits law, and a new constitutional convention, and he also opposed a change in the state's current jury system. [1] In November 1915, he was elected to represent Lamar County as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives and served in the 1916–1920 term. [1] [3] He was re-elected multiple times, and served until 1932, when he was succeeded by E. L. Clinton. [2] [4] He died after a short illness on June 16, 1955, in the Methodist Hospital in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. [5]

Personal life

Yeager was a member of the Methodist Church and the Freemasons. [1] [3] He married Pearl Robeson on January 14, 1903. [1] [3] They had four children. [1] [3] After Pearl died on May 17, 1910, Yeager married Corean Anderson on June 11, 1911. [1] [3] They had three children together. [1] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
  2. 1 2 Mississippi. Legislature (1928-01-01). "Hand book : biographical data of members of Senate and House, personnel of standing committees [1928]". Mississippi Legislature Hand Books.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rowland, Dunbar (1923). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
  4. Mississippi. Secretary of State (1935-12-31). "Mississippi Blue Book. Biennial report of the Secretary of State to the Legislature of Mississippi. [1933-1935]". Mississippi Blue Books.
  5. "Clipped From Clarion-Ledger". Clarion-Ledger. 1955-06-17. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-05-16.