Stephen M. Young

Stephen M. Young

Stephen Marvin Young (born May 4, 1889 in Cleveland , Ohio , † December 1, 1984 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician for the Democrats from Ohio.

Life

Young graduated from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, with a law degree in 1911 .

From 1913 to 1917 he had a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives , then worked for a year as a prosecutor in Cuyahoga County . In 1916 he served as a soldier on the Mexican border and in the Army during the First World War . In 1919 he returned to his post as prosecutor.

In 1922 he applied for the office of Attorney General of Ohio, but could not win this election. In 1930 he stood for election to be run as the Democratic candidate for gubernatorial election . He was defeated by his Democratic party friend George White , who was able to prevail in the later election and became the 52nd governor of Ohio.

From 1931 to 1932 he was a member of the Ohio Commission on Unemployment Insurance . Young entered the United States House of Representatives in 1932, and was sustained in office two years later. Instead of running for election again in 1936, he made another attempt to become governor of Ohio. This time he lost the nomination to incumbent Martin Davey , George White's successor.

Young worked as a special advisor to the Ohio Attorney General from 1937 to 1939 and was re-elected to the House of Representatives in 1940. However, he lost this seat in the next election to George H. Bender .

During the Second World War he served again in the Army and was deployed in North Africa and Italy . Initially, he served in the rank of major . When he was released in 1946, he held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel . He then returned to Cleveland and Washington DC in legal practice.

In 1948 he moved into the House of Representatives for a third term. In the election he prevailed against George H. Bender. Two years later he again lost his seat to Bender. In 1956 he ran for election for the post of Attorney General of Ohio, but lost to Republican William B. Saxbe . In 1958, Young ran for a seat in the United States Senate against incumbent Republican John W. Bricker . Bricker seemed invincible, but Young managed to organize widespread public opposition to the Bricker-sponsored amendment to the Ohio Constitution, which included the right to work. Few believed that the now 70-year-old Young could win the election. Even members of his own party, particularly Senator Frank J. Lausche , had doubts that he could defeat Bricker. Despite his dismay, he beat Bricker. Young knew that Lausche hadn't supported him. When he was supposed to take the oath of office , he refused to stand next to Lausche, which was a break with tradition in the Senate.

In 1964 he defended his seat by asserting himself against the Republican Robert Taft junior . He did not stand for election for a third term. The Democrats chose Howard Metzenbaum to replace Young, but he was defeated by Taft, who was again the Republican candidate.

Young lived in Washington, DC until his death in 1984

literature

• Young, Stephen M .: Tales Out of Congress . JB Lippincott. Philadelphia 1964

Web links

• Stephen M. Young in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Stephen M. Young in the database of Find a Grave (English)