He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War during the Fifty - first Congress .
Yardley was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and Fifty - first Congresses .
Yardley served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War during the Fifty - first Congresses .
Yardley was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and Fifty - first Congresses .