Yocum was elected as a Greenbacker to the Forty-sixth Congress in the 1878 election, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1880. He moved to Johnson City, Tennessee, and engaged in the tanning business. He was elected mayor of Johnson City in 1885. After this, Yocum moved to Pasadena, California, and began growing oranges commercially. He died in Santa Monica, California in 1895 and was interred in Mountain View Cemetery in Pasadena.
seth, hartman, yocum, august, 1834, april, 1895, greenback, member, house, representatives, from, pennsylvania, seth, yocum, born, catawissa, pennsylvania, after, attending, rural, schools, went, philadelphia, 1850, learned, printer, trade, yocum, also, taught. Seth Hartman Yocum August 2 1834 April 19 1895 was a Greenback member of the U S House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Seth H Yocum was born in Catawissa Pennsylvania After attending rural schools he went to Philadelphia in 1850 and learned the printer s trade Yocum also taught school for several years and graduated from Dickinson College in 1860 where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi During the American Civil War Yocum entered the Union Army as a private and was promoted to the first lieutenant of the Fifth Pennsylvania Cavalry He studied law was admitted to the Schuylkill County Pennsylvania bar in 1865 and commenced practice in Ashland Pennsylvania He moved to Bellefonte Pennsylvania in 1873 and continued the practice of law serving as district attorney of Centre County Pennsylvania from 1875 to 1879 Yocum was elected as a Greenbacker to the Forty sixth Congress in the 1878 election but was not a candidate for renomination in 1880 He moved to Johnson City Tennessee and engaged in the tanning business He was elected mayor of Johnson City in 1885 After this Yocum moved to Pasadena California and began growing oranges commercially He died in Santa Monica California in 1895 and was interred in Mountain View Cemetery in Pasadena See also Edit American Civil War portalReferences EditUnited States Congress Seth Hartman Yocum id Y000019 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008 2 15 The Political GraveyardU S House of RepresentativesPreceded byLevi A Mackey Member of the U S House of Representatives from Pennsylvania s 20th congressional district1879 1881 Succeeded byAndrew G Curtin This article about a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Seth Hartman Yocum amp oldid 1168338461, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
