Joel Yancey (October 21, 1773 – April 1838) was aUnited States representative fromKentucky. He was born inAlbemarle County, Virginia. He served three terms in the Virginia House of Delegates, first representing Campbell County in the 1803-1804 and 1804-1805 sessions then Albemarle County in teh 1805-1806 session, when he was replaced by future Mississippi governor Walter Leake.[1]
Later, Yancey moved to Kentucky. He owned slaves.[2] Yancey was a member of theKentucky House of Representatives 1809–1811. He also served in theKentucky Senate 1816–1820 and 1824–1827.
Yancey was elected as aJacksonian 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 theTwenty-second Congress. Yancey died inBarren County, Kentucky in April 1838 and was buried in that county.
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