Joel Yancey

Joel Yancey (October 21, 1773 – April 1838) was a United States representative from Kentucky. He was born in Albemarle County, Virginia. Later, he moved to Kentucky. He owned slaves.^[1] Yancey was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives 1809-1811. He also served in the Kentucky Senate 1816-1820 and 1824-1827.

Yancey was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth and Twenty-first Congresses (March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831). While in Congress, he served as chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Twenty-first Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1830 to the Twenty-second Congress. Yancey died in Barren County, Kentucky in April 1838 and was buried in that county.

References

1. "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, January 13, 2022, retrieved July 7, 2022

• United States Congress. "Joel Yancey (id: Y000002)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Francis Johnson	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 10th congressional district 1827 – 1831	Succeeded by Christopher Tompkins