Samuel H. Young

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Samuel H. Young
Abner J. Mikva
Personal details
Born
Samuel Hollingsworth Young

December 26, 1922
University of Illinois Law School

Samuel Hollingsworth Young (December 26, 1922 – September 23, 2017) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Early and family Life

Born in

University of Illinois
.

During

University of Illinois Law School
in 1948.

He married Bonnie Young and during their 67-year marriage, they raised two daughters (Elizabeth and Bonnie Ellen) and a son (Samuel H. Young, Jr.).

Career

Young was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1948 and commenced practice in

University of Illinois, and taught business finance at Northwestern University
from 1949 to 1950, as well as developed his private legal practice.

Young served as Securities commissioner of Illinois from 1953 to 1955, and as assistant secretary of State from 1955 to 1957. In 1961, he published an article about exemptions from the registration requirement in the Illinois Securities Law of 1953.[1] Young was financial vice president, secretary, and treasurer for a hospital supply company from 1965 to 1966. He also served as delegate to the Illinois State Republican conventions from 1951 to 1973.

Young was elected as a

Abner J. Mikva, who moved to the 10th district from the 2nd Congressional district after redistricting. After Mikva also defeated Young for election to the Ninety-fifth
Congress in 1976, Young ended his public political career.

Young returned to his legal practice in Lincolnwood, Illinois, and continued to serve on the board of the Children's Care Foundation (1967 to 2005). He was admitted to the Florida bar in 1978, and concentrated his practice in trust and estates.[2] Young also became the principal beneficiary of the estate of a wealthy, unmarried, childless businessman, which caused considerable controversy.[3]

Final years

Young maintained residences in both

Glenview, Illinois, and Marco Island, Florida. He died at his home in Glenview in September 2017 at the age of 94, survived by his wife, children and ten grandchildren.[4]

References

  1. ^ 1961 U. Ill. L.F. 205 (1961) available at http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/unilllr1961&div=15&id=&page=
  2. ^ "Lawyer Directory – the Florida Bar".
  3. ^ Young v. Murphy, 90 F.3d 1225 (7th Cir. 1996), available at https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/90/1225/593828
  4. ^ Chicago Suburban Daily Herald obituary of October 1, 2017 available at SAMUEL YOUNG Obituary

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 10th congressional district
1973–1975 		Succeeded by
Abner J. Mikva
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