Jacob Yost (Virginia congressman)
| Jacob Yost | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 10th district |
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In office March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 |
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| Preceded by | John R. Tucker |
| Succeeded by | Henry S. Tucker III |
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In office March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 |
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| Preceded by | Henry S. Tucker III |
| Succeeded by | Julian M. Quarles |
| Mayor of Staunton, Virginia | |
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In office May 1886 – January 1, 1887 |
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| Preceded by | [[]] |
| Succeeded by | [[]] |
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April 1, 1853 Staunton, Virginia |
| Died | January 25, 1933 (aged 79) Palo Alto, California |
| Resting place | Staunton, Virginia |
| Political party | Republican |
| Occupation | printer, civil engineer |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Battles/wars | [[]] |
Jacob Yost (April 1, 1853 – January 25, 1933) was an American politician who served as mayor of Staunton, as well as twice represented Virginia's Shenandoah Valley in the United States House of Representatives, from 1887–1889 and 1897–1899.
Yost was born in Staunton, Virginia in 1853 to Major Samuel McPherson Yost (1829-1915) and his wife Henrietta Cushing Yost (1834 - 1856). His father became Indian Agent for New Mexico in 1857, and Quartermaster Major in the Confederate States Army (C.S.A.) during the American Civil War. Branches of the Yost family were active in Shenandoah and Rockingham Counties. A cousin was C.S.A. General John R. Jones (son of Samuel's sister Harriet Yost). Samuel's cousins (with the same grandmother, Catharine Miller (b. Aug. 2, 1778)) included Major Hunter Liggett of the 31st U.S.V. in the Philippine Islands and C.S.A. Lt. Jacob N. Liggett of Harrisonburg, Virginia. He had an elder brother Merrell Cushing Yost (1851 - 1868), a younger brother Isaac Willis Yost (1855 - 1857), younger sister Bettie (b. 1860), and later after his father's remarriage, several half-siblings, including and half sister Alice Yost Pipes (1869 - 1969)
Having lost his mother as an infant, young Jacob Yost was raised by his grandmother Kate D. Yost, aunt Mary and cousin Samuel W.P. Yost. He attended the public schools and Jedediah Hotchkiss's Mossy Creek Academy in Augusta County, where he learned about cartography and mining. After the American Civil War, his father Samuel M. Yost lived with his family (including his second wife, Catherine) in Linville, Rockingham County, Virginia.
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