Tom A. Yon

Thomas Alva "Tom" Yon (* March 14, 1882 in Blountstown, Florida; † February 16, 1971 in Tallahassee, Florida ) was an American politician. Between 1927 and 1933 he represented the state of Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

At the age of five years, Tom Yon moved with his parents to a farm in Jackson County. He attended the public schools of his new home and then the Lanier Southern Business College in Macon (Georgia ). Later he returned to his hometown of Blountstown, where he worked at the trade until 1906. Between 1906 and 1927, Yon worked as a traveling salesman in the area around Tallahassee.

Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party. In 1920 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in part in San Francisco, has been nominated for the James M. Cox as their presidential candidate. In the congressional elections of 1926, Yon was in the third electoral district of Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John H. Smithwick on March 4, 1927. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1933 three legislative periods. These were determined since 1929 by the events of the Great Depression. Shortly before the end of his last term of office of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution in Congress was passed.

In 1932, Yon has not been nominated by his party for re-election. Between 1933 and 1940 he worked for the Federal Ministry of Commerce. Subsequently he was employed until 1946 as an auditor at the Government Accountability Office. In January 1946, Tom Yon went into retirement, where he took care in Florida at his private real estate funds. He died on February 16, 1971 in Tallahassee.