Thomas L. Young
Thomas Lowry Young | |
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Governor of Ohio | |
| In office March 2, 1877 – January 14, 1878 | |
| Lieutenant | H. W. Curtiss |
| Preceded by | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Succeeded by | Richard M. Bishop |
| 12th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio | |
| In office January 10, 1876 – March 2, 1877 | |
| Governor | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Preceded by | Alphonso Hart |
| Succeeded by | H. W. Curtiss |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 | |
| Preceded by | Henry B. Banning |
| Succeeded by | Isaac M. Jordan |
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the Hamilton County district | |
| In office January 1, 1866 – January 5, 1868 Serving with ten others | |
| Preceded by | ten others |
| Succeeded by | nine others |
| Member of the Ohio Senate from the first district | |
| In office January 1, 1872 – January 4, 1874 Serving with John Schiff Joseph F. Wright | |
| Preceded by | Thomas H. Yeatman Michael Goepper Samuel Furman Hunt Nathan Lord, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | William R. Wallace Vachel Worthington Stephen H. Burton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 14, 1832 118th Ohio Infantry |
Thomas Lowry Young (December 14, 1832 – July 20, 1888) was an American politician from the
Early life
Young was born in Killyleagh, County Down, in Ulster, a northern province of Ireland. At that time, all of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. While living in Ireland, his father was a gardener for The 2nd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye.[1] He immigrated with his parents to the United States as a child and spent his childhood in New York.[2]
He worked for a
Military service
Young enlisted in the
In March 1861 Young, believing a civil war to be imminent, wrote to General Winfield Scott volunteering his services. He officially joined the American Civil War effort a month later. Between August and December, he served under John C. Frémont as a captain while stationed in Missouri.[4] The unit disbanded at the beginning of 1862, and Young left the service.
Young re-enlisted and received a commission as
Career
Shortly afterward, he began his political career with an appointment as Assistant City Auditor, a position he held for the rest of the year. He was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives afterward and served a single two-year term from 1866 to 1868. Young became Hamilton County Recorder in October 1867, and held the position until President Andrew Johnson named him Internal Revenue Supervisor of Southern Ohio in late 1868, a position he held through 1869.
After resigning from that position, Young worked in real estate until 1871 when he was elected to the Ohio State Senate.[2] At that point he was considered highly regarded in the Republican Party, and when elected to the State Senate, he had more votes than most other Republicans on the statewide ballot.[6]
Young was elected the 12th
Young was then elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1878 and served two terms before losing a battle for renomination in 1882.
Personal life
He died in 1888 while holding a position on the Cincinnati Board of Public Affairs. Young was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.[2]
See also
Notes
- ^ Clarke 1889, p. 198
- ^ Ohio History Central. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
- ^ "Thomas L. Young". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 19, 2008.
- ^ a b Reid 1895, p. 988
- ^ Reid 1895, p. 989
- ^ Clarke 1889, p. 200
References
- Clarke, Robert (1889). Reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland. Princeton University. pp. 198–202.
- The Robert Clarke Company. pp. 988–989.
External links
. Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900.
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