Osborne I. Yellott

• Name — Osborne I. Yellott • State Delegate — Maryland • District — Baltimore County • Term Start — 1894 • Term End — 1894 • Alongside — John C. Bosley, Thomas G. Carter, James B. Councilman, George S. Kieffer, Frederick S. Myerly • Birth Name — Osborne Ingle Yellott • Born — 1 January 1871 • Birthplace — Towson, Maryland, U.S. • Died — 19 March 1922 • Place of death — Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. • Resting Place — Prospect Hill Cemetery Towson, Maryland, U.S. • Party — Democratic • Father — John I. Yellott • Relatives — Coleman Yellott (grand-uncle) William P. Maulsby (grand-uncle) • Alma Mater — St. John's College University of Maryland School of Law • Occupation — * Politician • lawyer

Osborne Ingle Yellott was born on January 1, 1871, in Towson, Maryland, to John I. Yellott. His grand-uncles were George Yellott and William P. Maulsby, both judges of the court of appeals. He was also grand-nephew of Coleman Yellott. Yellott graduated from the public school in Towson and attended Major Wilburn B. Hall's private school in Baltimore for two years. Yellott graduated from St. John's College in Annapolis in 1891. He left St. John's briefly in his junior year and worked for a paper in Washington, D.C., before returning to finish his degree. He graduated with a law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law. He was admitted to the bar in 1892.

Yellott practiced law with his father and T. Scott Offutt, the latter of whom went on to serve on the state's supreme court. Yellott was a Democrat. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Baltimore County in 1894. In 1920, Yellott was appointed as state employment commissioner by governor Albert Ritchie and was people's counsel for the public service commission. In 1920, Yellott challenged the police department for "inefficiency in the apprehension of automobile thieves". He worked as an attorney for the Automobile Club and the Real Estate Board. He also worked as counsel for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. Yellott was president of St. John's College alumni association. He also was state president of the Sons of the American Revolution.

• Illustration — Scene of Yellott's auto accident in Baltimore Yellott was married Louise Cole Powers, daughter of reverend W. H. H. Powers, on June 17, 1897. On April 22, 1908, Yellott received burns from a gasoline fire while working on his automobile. Yellott died the morning of March 19, 1922, after his automobile crashed into the safety platform of the United Railways at North Avenue and Charles Street in Baltimore. He was buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Towson.