Robert Morris Yardley was a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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Robert M. Yardley was born in Yardley, Pennsylvania

Yardley, Pennsylvania

Yardley is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The small community of Yardley is bordered by the Delaware River and Ewing, New Jersey on the east, and by Lower Makefield Township on the north, west, and south...

. He attended public and private schools in Yardley and Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

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. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1872 and commenced practice in Doylestown. He served as district attorney of Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Bucks County, Pennsylvania

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, from 1880 to 1884. He was a delegate to the 1884 Republican National Convention

1884 Republican National Convention

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Yardley was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth

50th United States Congress

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 and Fifty-first

51st United States Congress

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 Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War during the Fifty-first Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1890.

He resumed the practice of law in Bucks County. He served as a member of the Doylestown School Board and as the director of several financial and public service corporations.

He died in Doylestown, aged 52, and is buried in Doylestown Cemetery.

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