Augustus Young (representative)

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nameAugustus Young
image
office1Member of the
United States House of Representatives
from Vermont's 4th district
term_start1March 4, 1841
term_end1March 3, 1843
predecessor1John Smith
successor1Paul Dillingham
office2Assistant Judge of Franklin County, Vermont
term_start21851
term_end21855
predecessor2William C. Wilson
successor2Valentine S. Ferris
alongside2Alvah Sabin (1851), Preston Taylor (1852), John C. Bryant (1854)
office3Member of the Vermont Senate
term_start31836
term_end31840
predecessor3None (position created)
successor3Jacob Bates
constituency3Orleans County
office4State's Attorney of Orleans County
term_start41824
term_end41828
predecessor4Joshua Sawyer
successor4E. H. Starkweather
office5Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
term_start51832
term_end51833
predecessor5Royal Corbin
successor5Joseph Scott Jr.
term_start61828
term_end61831
predecessor6Hiram Mason
successor6Royal Corbin
term_start71826
term_end71827
predecessor7Joseph Scott
successor7Hiram Mason
term_start81821
term_end81825
predecessor8Hiram Mason
successor8Joseph Scott
constituency8Craftsbury
office9Probate Judge of Orleans County, Vermont
term_start91830
term_end91831
predecessor9John Kimball
successor9John Kimball
birth_date
birth_placeArlington, Vermont Republic
death_date
death_placeSt. Albans, Vermont, U.S.
professionPolitician, Lawyer, Judge
partyWhig
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Early life

Young was born in Arlington in the Vermont Republic on March 20, 1784. He completed preparatory studies, studied law with Isaac Warner of Cambridge and Bates Turner of St. Albans, and was admitted to the bar in 1810. He began the practice of law in Stowe.

Career

Young moved to Craftsbury in 1812. He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1821 to 1825, 1826 to 1827, 1828 to 1831, and 1832 to 1833. He was state’s attorney for Orleans County, Vermont, from 1824 to 1828; judge of probate in 1830 and 1831; and served in the Vermont State Senate from 1836 to 1840.

Young was elected as a Whig candidate to the 27th United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1841, to March 3, 1843. He declined to be a candidate for renomination, resumed the practice of law, and engaged in literary pursuits.

Young moved to St. Albans, and became assistant judge of the Franklin County Court from 1851 to 1854. In 1856, he was appointed State Naturalist due to his knowledge as a geologist and a mineralogist. He wrote "On the Quadrature of the Circle" and "Unity of Purpose".

Death

Young died in St. Albans on June 17, 1857. He was buried at Greenwood Cemetery in St. Albans.

Published works

  • "Preliminary Report on the Natural History of the State of Vermont" by Augustus Young Vermont State Geologist, published by Carruthers Press, July 2008.

References

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References

  1. Gilman, Marcus Davis. (1897). "The Bibliography of Vermont". Free Press Association.
  2. "Augustus Young". The Political Graveyard.
  3. Vermont General Assembly. (1828). "Journal". Vermont General Assembly.
  4. "YOUNG, Augustus, (1784 - 1857)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  5. "Augustus Young". Govtrack US Congress.
  6. "Augustus Young". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  7. (1869). "Augustus Young". Fragmentary records of the Youngs.
  8. Herringshaw, Thomas William. (1901). "Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century". American Publisher's Association.
  9. Lanman, Charles. (1876). "Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States". James Anglim.
  10. "Greenwood Cemetery, St. Albans". Vermont Old Cemetery Association.

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