- George L. Yaple
George Lewis Yaple (
February 20 ,1851 -December 16 ,1939 ) was a politician and jurist from theU.S. state ofMichigan .Yaple was born in
Leonidas, Michigan , and moved with his parents toMendon, Michigan , in 1857, where he attended the common schools. He attendedAlbion College inAlbion, Michigan , and graduated fromNorthwestern University inEvanston, Illinois , in 1871 and completed a postgraduate course in 1874. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1872, but engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1877, when he commenced the practice of law in Mendon.He was an unsuccessful candidate of the
Greenback Party for election in 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress. In 1882, running as a Fusion candidate, Yaple defeated incumbent RepublicanJulius C. Burrows to representMichigan's 4th congressional district in the Forty-eighth Congress, serving fromMarch 4 ,1883 untilMarch 3 ,1885 . Although elected as a Fusion candidate, he sat with the Democrats in Congress and was the onlyHe was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress. In 1886, he ran as a Fusion candidate for election as
Governor of Michigan , losing in the general election to RepublicanCyrus G. Luce . He was a delegate to theDemocratic National Convention in 1888 and twice ran again for Congress, losing toJulius C. Burrows in 1890, and toHenry F. Thomas in 1892.Yaple was elected circuit judge of the fifteenth circuit of Michigan, serving from 1894 until 1911. In 1916, he became a member of the Republican Party. After retiring, he resided until his death in Mendon, where he is interred in
Mendon Cemetery .External links
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*cite book | title = Portrait and biographical album of St. Joseph county, Michigan | origyear = 1889 | url = http://name.umdl.umich.edu/bad1046.0001.001 | accessdate = 2006-10-04 | year = 2005 | publisher = University of Michigan Library | location = Ann Arbor, Mich. | pages = pp. 518-520 | chapter = s.v. Hon. George L. Yaple | chapterurl = http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;q1=Yaple;rgn=full%20text;idno=bad1046.0001.001;didno=BAD1046.0001.001;view=image;seq=530;page=root;size=s;frm=frameset
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