In his closing months of service he surpassed Robert L. Doughton as the oldest person ever to serve in the House (Yates was surpassed in this record by Ralph Hall (R-Texas) in 2012).
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Yates served on the Appropriations Committee throughout his career and chaired the Interior Subcommittee from 1975 to 1995.
In 1999, it was redesignated the Sidney R. Yates Federal Building, honoring Illinois Congressman Sidney R. Yates.
Sidney Poitier | Sidney Lumet | Sidney Nolan | Sidney Bechet | Philip Sidney | Sidney Crosby | Albert Sidney Johnston | Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea | Sidney | Sylvia Sidney | Sidney Reilly | Sidney Altman | Sidney Paget | Sidney Howard | Sidney Colvin | Henry Sidney | Frances Yates | Sidney Smith | Sidney Lee | Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin | Sidney Cotton | Sidney Blumenthal | Martin Yates | Donald Sidney-Fryer | William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle | Sidney Sheldon | Sidney Robertson Cowell | Sidney Rigdon | Sidney Olcott | Sidney, Nebraska |
At the time of its abolition, the members were Governor DeWitt Clinton, Chancellor James Kent, Chief Justice Ambrose Spencer, and Associated Justices Joseph C. Yates, Jonas Platt, William W. Van Ness and John Woodworth.
She was the first woman promoted to black belt by Grandmaster Keith Yates, founder of American Karate and Tae Kwon Do Organization (A.K.A.T.O).
Harry D. Yates (1903–1996), American banker and politician from New York
In 2010, Yates generated controversy when he stated at a debate that agents of the United States Border Patrol should be able to shoot and kill people attempting to cross illegally into the United States.
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After attending school in Spalding, Georgia, he attended Georgia State University where he graduated with a BPA.
As Governor, Yates sat for a portrait by John Vanderlyn, famed for his rendition of such eminent historical figures as George Washington, Aaron Burr, James Monroe, George Clinton, Andrew Jackson and Zachary Taylor.
Thomas J. Yates, seminary teacher in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints