Charles Henderson Yoakum

Charles Henderson Yoakum (* July 10, 1849 in Tehuacana, Limestone County, Texas, † January 1, 1909 in Fort Worth, Texas ) was an American politician. Between 1895 and 1897 he represented the state of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Charles Yoakum visited Larissa College in Cherokee County and then the Cumberland College. After a subsequent study of law and its 1874 lawyer was admitted to Emory, he began to work in this profession. In 1876 he was district attorney in Rains County. Since 1883 Yoakum practiced as a lawyer in Greenville. Between 1886 and 1890 he was a prosecutor in the eighth judicial district of Texas. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. From 1892 to 1896 he was a member of the Senate of Texas.

In the congressional elections of 1894 Yoakum was the third election district of his state in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Constantine B. Kilgore on March 4, 1895. Until March 3, 1897, he was able to complete a term in Congress. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he worked again as a lawyer in Greenville. Between 1900 and 1904 he lived in Los Angeles; then he returned to Texas. Charles Yoakum died on New Year's Day 1909 in Fort Worth.