H. Casey Young

H. Casey Young

Hiram Casey Young (born December 14, 1828 in Tuscaloosa , Alabama , † August 17, 1899 in Memphis , Tennessee ) was an American politician . Between 1875 and 1881 and again from 1883 to 1885 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1838 Casey Young moved with his parents to a farm in Marshall County in the state of Mississippi , where he public schools and the Marshall Institute visited. After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar in 1859, he began to work in Memphis in his new profession. During the Civil War Young Lieutenant Colonel was in the cavalry of the Army of the Confederacy .

Politically, Young was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1874 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the tenth constituency of Tennessee , where he succeeded Horace Maynard on March 4, 1875 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1881 . In 1880 he was defeated by Republican William Robert Moore . In the elections of 1882 , Young was able to win back his previous mandate in Congress and there between March 4, 1883 and March 3, 1885, another term. During this time he was chairman of the Ministry of Interior's Expenditure Control Committee .

In 1884, Young declined to run again. In the following years he practiced as a lawyer again. He died in Memphis on August 17, 1899.

Web links

• H. Casey Young in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• H. Casey Young in the database of Find a Grave (English)