William S. Young
William Singleton Young (April 10, 1790 – September 20, 1827) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, brother of Bryan Rust Young and uncle of John Young Brown.
William Singleton Young | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 11th district | |
| Preceded by | Philip Thompson (Kentucky politician) |
| Succeeded by | John Calhoon |
Biography
Young was born near Bardstown, Kentucky. Although he initially studied medicine with a Dr. Bemiss, of Bloomfield, he graduated from the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, with a law degree. He commenced practice in Bloomfield, Kentucky, and continued in this after moving to Elizabethtown, Kentucky, in 1814. Young owned slaves.[1]
Young was elected to the Nineteenth Congress. He was reelected to the Twentieth Congress and served from March 4, 1825, until his death in Elizabethtown, on September 20, 1827, before the assembling of the Twentieth Congress. He was interred in Elizabethtown Cemetery.
References
- "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, 2022-01-13, retrieved 2022-01-14
- United States Congress. "William S. Young (id: Y000057)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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