Archibald Yell (August 9, 1797 – February 23, 1847) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the U.S. representative from Arkansas from 1836 to 1839, and 1845 to 1846.

Yell was killed in action during the Mexican-American War at the Battle of Buena Vista on February 23, 1847.

As a youth, Yell participated in the Creek War, serving in 1813 and early 1814 under General Andrew Jackson.

[2] Active in the Democratic Party, Yell moved to the Arkansas Territory in 1831 to head the federal land office in Little Rock.

[1] Yell was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1836, after Arkansas was admitted to the Union.

Yell resigned his post as governor to run again for Congress in 1844 at age 47, and won the seat.

At one stop during the campaign, he is said to have won a shooting match, donated meat to the poor, and bought a jug of whiskey for the crowd.

General John E. Wool, commander of the Arkansas mounted volunteers, said they were, "wholly without instruction, and Colonel Yell is determined to leave (them) in that condition."

His nephew James Yell became Major-General of the Arkansas Militia during the American Civil War.

[7] A small segment of former US Highway 71 Business (US 71B) was named Archibald Yell Boulevard in Fayetteville until 2022.

Yell's legacy was reexamined during a construction project on the roadway; the city council renamed the road Nelson Hackett Boulevard.