Biography

10/20/1824 - 08/10/1888

William Anders Yeakle (R6) Montgomery County 1874 (R12) Montgomery County 1875-1876

Early Life:

William Anders Yeakle, born October 20, 1824, Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; son of Samuel and Lydia Anders Yeakle; common school education; engaged, farming; married, Caroline Hocker Yeakle, 1849; elected, Whitemarsh Township school board auditor, 1850-1868, unsuccessful republican campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1870; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1874-1876; died, August 17, 1888 (aged 63), interment, Union Cemetery, Whitemarsh, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. 

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

Member, Montgomery County Agricultural Society, state board, Agriculture, 1877-1881; member, Montgomery County Republican nominating conventions.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Unsuccessful Republican, campaign Pennsylvania State Senate defeated, Henry Evans, 1870. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 6th district, 1874.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 12th district, 1875-1876; committee assignments, Chairman Agriculture, member, Accounts, Vice and Immorality. 

Cited:

Cox, Harold. Senate Members "Y" (wilkes.edu). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1876) Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 605, 610-612.

William A. Yeakle (1824-1888) - Find a Grave Memorial