Coleman Yeatts | |
State Senate: | Virginia |
District: | 19th |
Term Start: | January 12, 1972 |
Term End: | January 9, 1980 |
Preceded: | H. Dunlop Dawbarn |
Succeeded: | W. Onico Barker |
Office2: | Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Pittsylvania County |
Term Start2: | January 8, 1936 |
Term End2: | January 10, 1940 |
Preceded2: | Hubert D. Bennett |
Succeeded2: | William C. Clark |
Birth Name: | Coleman Bennett Yeatts |
Birth Date: | 31 October 1908 |
Birth Place: | Dry Fork, Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Danville, Virginia, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Allegiance: | United States |
Branch: | United States Army |
Serviceyears: | 1944–1946 |
Battles: | World War II |
Coleman Bennett Yeatts Sr. (October 31, 1908 – November 22, 1993) was an American attorney and politician, who served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates and Virginia Senate. Upon his election to the House in 1935, he was the youngest member of that body. More than 30 years after leaving the House, he sought election to the Senate, where he served until his defeat in 1979.[1]