James R. Young

James R. Young

James Rankin Young (born March 10, 1847 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , †  December 18, 1924 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1897 and 1903 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Young attended his home public schools and Philadelphia High School . From 1863 he took part in a volunteer unit from Pennsylvania in the Civil War. In 1866 he was a co-founder of the Philadelphia Evening Star newspaper . Politically, he joined the Republican Party . Between 1864 and 1908 he was a delegate to all Republican National Conventions . Between 1866 and 1870 he worked in the Washington office of the New York Tribune newspaper . From 1873 to 1879 and again between 1883 and 1892, he was the chief executive clerk of the US Senate . In the years 1882 to 1883 he also carried out this activity at the Federal Ministry of Justice .

In the congressional election of 1896 , Young was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the fourth constituency of Pennsylvania, where he succeeded John E. Reyburn on March 4, 1897 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1903 . During this time the Spanish-American War of 1898 fell . From 1901, Young was chairman of the War Department's Expenditure Control Committee.

Between 1905 and 1913, James Young worked for the Federal Post Office. He then headed the local branch of Postbank in Philadelphia until 1915 ( Superintendent of the postal savings depository ). He spent his twilight years in the federal capital Washington, where he died on December 18, 1924.

Web links

• James R. Young in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James R. Young in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
John E. Reyburn	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (4th constituency) March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1903	Robert H. Foerderer