Edward Lunn Young

Edward Lunn Young (1973)

Edward Lunn Young (born September 7, 1920 in Florence , South Carolina ; † May 9, 2017 there ) was an American politician . Between 1973 and 1975 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edward Young attended the public schools of his home country and then Clemson College in Clemson until 1941 . During the Second World War he was used as a fighter pilot in the Air Corps of the US Army in the Pacific region. He has received several awards for his military achievements. At the end of the war he became a major member of the reserve. After the war he worked as a farmer and in the real estate industry.

Young became a member of the Republican Party . Between 1958 and 1960 he was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives . In 1968 and 1970 he was a delegate to the regional Republican party conventions in South Carolina. In 1968 he was also a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach , where Richard Nixon was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In 1972 Young was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of South Carolina , where he succeeded John L. McMillan on January 3, 1973 . Since he was defeated by the Democrat John Jenrette in the next election , he was only able to serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1975 , which was overshadowed by the Watergate affair . That affair was, like many other Republican MPs, a major reason for being voted out of office in 1974.

In 1976, Young failed his attempt to return to Congress. Two years later he ran for governor of South Carolina just as unsuccessfully . Two years later, in 1980, Young's last attempt to return to the US House of Representatives also failed.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Former Congressman, Florence native Ed Young dies at 96 . WMBF-TV , May 10, 2017, accessed on May 15, 2017 (English).

Web links

• Edward Lunn Young in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)