J. Smith Young

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John Smith Young (born November 4, 1834 in Raleigh , North Carolina , †  October 11, 1916 in Shreveport , Louisiana ) was an American politician . Between 1878 and 1879 he represented the state of Louisiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1836, John Smith Young moved with his father to Fayette County , Tennessee . In 1848 the family moved to Columbia County , Arkansas . Young studied at the Centenary College of Louisiana in Jackson until 1855 . In September of that year he settled in Homer . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1860, he began to work there in his new profession. During the civil war , he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Army . After the war, Young returned to practice as a lawyer. Between 1870 and 1872 he was a district judge in Claiborne Parish and from 1876 to 1878 he served as a judge in the eleventh judicial district of his state.

John Smith Young was a member of the Democratic Party . From 1872 to 1876 he was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives . After the death of MP John E. Leonard , he was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the by-election for the fifth seat of Louisiana . There he took up his new mandate on November 5, 1878. Since he was no longer running in the regular congressional elections of 1878, he was only able to end the current legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1879 .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Young returned to working as a lawyer in Homer. He later moved to Monroe and in 1880 to Shreveport. He also worked as a lawyer in both places. Between 1892 and 1900, Young was sheriff's chief of police in Caddo Parish . He then worked as a lawyer for some time before he retired. He died in Shreveport on October 11, 1916.

Web links

  • J. Smith Young in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)