Archibald Yell

Yell joined the military at a very young age, serving in the War of 1812 and the Seminole War. An attorney and politician, Yell was appointed to several different positions in the Arkansas Territory by President Andrew Jackson. In 1836, after Arkansas became a state, Yell won its sole congressional seat. Without resigning his position as congressman, Yell left Washington, D.C. when the Mexican War broke out, returned to Arkansas, and enrolled in Solon Borland’s volunteers. He was eventually forced to resign his congressional seat.