George L. Yaple

George Lewis Yaple (born February 20, 1851 in Leonidas , St. Joseph County , Michigan , †  December 16, 1939 in Mendon , Michigan) was an American politician . Between 1883 and 1885 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1857, George Yaple moved with his parents to Mendon, where he attended public schools. He then went to Albion College before studying at Northwestern University in Evanston ( Illinois ) until 1874 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1872, he began to work in his new profession in Mendon in 1877. In between he worked in agriculture for five years. At the same time, Yaple embarked on a political career.

In 1880 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress for the short-lived Greenback Party . After that, he joined the Democrats . In the congressional elections of 1882 he was elected as their candidate in the fourth constituency of Michigan in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Julius C. Burrows on March 4, 1883 . Since he lost to Burrows in the elections of 1884, he was only able to complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1885.

Yaple ran unsuccessfully for governor of Michigan in 1886 . In 1888 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in St. Louis , on which US President Grover Cleveland was nominated for re-election. Then he worked again as a lawyer in Mendon. Between 1894 and 1911, Yaple was a judge in the 15th District of Michigan. In 1916 he switched to the Republican Party . He spent the following years in retirement in Mendon, until his death on December 16, 1939. He was also buried there.

Web links

• George L. Yaple in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George L. Yaple in the database of Find a Grave (English)