Joel Yancey (October 21, 1773 – April 1838) was a United States representative from Kentucky. He was born in Albemarle County, Virginia. Later, he moved to Kentucky. He owned slaves. Yancey was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives 1809–1811. He also served in the Kentucky Senate 1816–1820 and 1824–1827.
Yancey was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth and Twenty-first Congresses (March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831). While in Congress, he served as chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Twenty-first Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1830 to the Twenty-second Congress. Yancey died in Barren County, Kentucky in April 1838 and was buried in that county.
References
- "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, January 13, 2022, retrieved July 7, 2022
- United States Congress. "Joel Yancey (id: Y000002)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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