Milton Young

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Milton Young

Milton Ruben Young (born December 6, 1897 in Berlin , North Dakota , †  May 31, 1983 in Sun City , Arizona ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who served the state of North Dakota from 1945 to 1981 in the US Senate represented.

Early years and beginning of political career

After attending school in LaMoure County , Milton Young continued his education at North Dakota State University and Graceland College in Iowa . In 1919 he married Malinda Benson, with whom he had three sons. After her death in 1969, Young entered into a second marriage to Patricia Byrne.

Young returned home after finishing college to take over his father's farm. Over time he began to be politically active. He was active at the local level and was a member of various committees on school policy and agriculture. In 1932 he ran for a seat in the North Dakota House of Representatives and was successful; two years later he was elected to the State Senate. Young also took on responsibility in his party: he was one of the key figures in building the Republican Organizing Committee at the state level in the 1940s.

US Senator

After the death of US Senator John Moses , Milton Young was appointed by Governor Fred George Aandahl as his successor in Congress in 1945. He was forced to leave the family farm in order to attend to his duties in Washington, DC . This began one of the longest senatorial careers in the history of this body. Young was elected a Senator six times and served primarily on the Agriculture Committee as well as the senior Republican on the Grants Committee.

In 1974 the Senate nomination was challenged within the party with reference to his age, but Young was ultimately able to prevail again clearly. Six years later, the Republicans won a majority in the Senate for the first time in 26 years, which for Young would have meant, if he ran again, that he would have been elected pro tempore as the longest-serving senator in his party . However, he had already decided to retire beforehand. In recognition of his services, the Senate, which was still democratically controlled at the time, gave him this office on December 5, 1980 for one day.

Milton Young spent his old age in Arizona, where he died in May 1983.

Web links

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