Seth Hartman Yocum

Seth Hartman Yocum ( born August 2, 1834 in Catawissa, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, † April 19, 1895 in Santa Monica, California ) was an American politician. Between 1879 and 1881 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Seth Yocum attended the public schools of his home. In 1850 he moved to Philadelphia, where he served an apprenticeship in the printing trade. After that, he taught for several years as a teacher. In 1860 he graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle. During the Civil War Yocum served in the army of the Union, where he rose to lieutenant. After studying law and his 1865 was admitted to the bar he began to work in Ashland in this profession. In 1873 he moved his residence and his law firm to Bellefonte. Between 1875 and 1879 he was district attorney in the local Centre County.

Politically, Yocum joined the Green Party Pack. In the congressional elections of 1878 he was in the 20th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the Democrats Levi A. Mackey on March 4, 1879. Since he resigned in 1880 to further candidacy, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1881.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Seth Yocum moved to Johnson City, Tenn., where he worked in the tanning trade. In 1885 he became mayor of Johnson City. Soon after he settled in Pasadena (California ) and built to oranges. He died on April 19, 1895 in Santa Monica and was buried in Pasadena.