John Van Ness Yates
| birth_place = Albany, New York, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Albany, New York, U.S. | party = Democratic-Republican | parents = Robert YatesJane Van Ness Yates | spouse = Eliza Ross Cunningham }} John Van Ness Yates (December 18, 1779 – January 10, 1839) was a New York lawyer, Democratic-Republican politician, and Secretary of State from 1818 to 1826. Provided by Wikipedia