sentences:  Youmans served as mayor of East Saginaw in 1886 and 1887, and also served four terms as alderman.In the general election of 1890, Youmans ran as the candidate of the Democratic Party and defeated incumbent Republican Aaron T. Bliss to be elected from Michigan's 8th congressional district to the 52nd United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1891 to March 3, 1893.He was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings.