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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaThomas Alva YON
(1882-1971)
YON, Thomas Alva, a
Representative from Florida; born near Blountstown, Calhoun County,
Fla., March 14, 1882; at the age of five years moved with his
parents to a farm in Jackson County, Fla.; attended rural schools,
and was graduated from Lanier Southern Business College, Macon,
Ga., in 1903; returned to Blountstown, Fla., the same year and
engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1906; engaged as a traveling
salesman at Tallahassee, Fla., 1906-1927; delegate to the
Democratic National Convention in 1920; elected as a Democrat to
the Seventieth, Seventy-first, and Seventy-second Congresses (March
4, 1927-March 3, 1933); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in
1932; special and commercial agent in the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce, United States Department of Commerce,
Washington, D.C., 1933-1940; assistant investigator, Division of
Investigation, General Accounting Office, from 1941 until his
retirement in January 1946; engaged in development and sale of his
Florida real estate holdings after retirement; died in Tallahassee,
Fla., February 16, 1971; interment in Oakland Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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