Joel Yancey

Joel Yancey (* October 21, 1773 in Albemarle County, Virginia; † April 1838 in Barren County, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1827 and 1831 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Joel Yancey was born in Virginia and later settled in Kentucky. There he began a political career as a member of, founded by Thomas Jefferson Democratic- Republican Party. Between 1809 and 1811 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Kentucky; 1816-1820 and again 1824-1827 he was a member of the State Senate. In the 1820s he joined the movement to the future President Andrew Jackson, from 1828, the Democratic Party was formed.

In the congressional elections of 1826 Yancey was in the tenth electoral district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Francis Johnson on March 4, 1827. After a re-election in 1828 he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1831 two legislative sessions. These were minted until 1829 by the quarrels between the followers of his party and those of President John Quincy Adams. Since the inauguration of President Jackson in 1829, was discussed inside and outside of Congress vehemently about its policy. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act, the conflict with the State of South Carolina, which culminated in the Nullifikationskrise, and banking policy of the President. Yancey was since 1829 Chairman of the Committee to control expenditure of the postal ministry.

For the 1830 elections he was defeated Christopher Tompkins. After he retired from politics.