James Young (congressman)

James Young ( born July 18, 1866 in Henderson, Rusk County, Texas, † April 29, 1942 in Dallas, Texas ) was an American politician. Between 1911 and 1921 he represented the state of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Young attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent law studies at the University of Texas at Austin and his 1891 was admitted to the bar he began in Kaufman to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career.

In the congressional elections of 1910, Young was the third electoral district of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Robert M. Lively on March 4, 1911. After four elections he could pass in Congress until March 3, 1921 five legislative sessions. During his time in Congress, the First World War fell. Moreover 1913-1920 the 16th, the 17th, the 18th and the 19th Amendment to the Constitution were ratified.

1920 renounced Young on another candidacy. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he practiced until 1937, again as a lawyer. In 1930 he unsuccessfully sought the nomination of his party for the gubernatorial elections. In 1937, he moved to Dallas, where he died on 29 April 1942.