Samuel H. Young

Samuel H. Young, 1973

Samuel Hollingsworth Young (born December 26, 1922 in Casey , Clark County , Illinois , † September 23, 2017 in Glenview , Illinois) was an American politician . From 1973 and 1975 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samuel Young attended Urbana High School until 1940 . During the Second World War he was a paratrooper in the US Army between 1943 and 1946 . He rose to the rank of captain. In 1947 and 1948 he taught economics at the University of Illinois . After studying law at the same university and being admitted to the bar in 1948, he began working in this profession in Chicago . In this capacity he also served on the United States Securities and Exchange Commission . Young lectured at Northwestern University in 1949 and 1950 . From 1953 to 1955 he was Illinois State Security Officer; between 1955 and 1957 he was Assistant Secretary of State . He was also the chief financial officer, treasurer, and secretary of Hospital Supply Company , a hospital supplies company.

Politically, Young joined the Republican Party . From 1951 to 1973 he was a delegate to all regional Republican conventions in Illinois. In the 1972 congressional elections he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the tenth constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded Harold R. Collier on January 3, 1973 . Since he was not confirmed in 1974, he could only serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1975 , which was overshadowed by the Watergate affair . This cost many Republican congressmen re-election in 1974.

In 1976, Samuel Young ran unsuccessfully to return to Congress. After that, he no longer appeared politically. He spends his old age alternately in Glenview and Marco Island ( Florida ).

Web links

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