Biography

05/18/1853 - 09/09/1923

YATES, Leslie, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, May 18, 1853 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; manager, Dunlap and Clark Printing House; deputy collector, delinquent tax office, Philadelphia (2 terms); secretary, 13th Ward Republican Executive Committee (20 years); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1898, 1900, and 1902; resigned from the House, April 30, 1903; elected, city magistrate, Philadelphia (1905-1922); died, September 9, 1923 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Northwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.