Augustus Young (representative)

Augustus Young ( born March 20, 1784 in Arlington, Vermont, † June 17, 1857 in St. Albans, Vermont ) was an American politician. Between 1841 and 1843 he represented the fourth electoral district of the state of Vermont in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

After primary school, Augustus Young studied law. After his made ​​in 1810 admitted to the bar he began his new career in Stowe exercise. In 1812 he moved to Craftsbury. He was also politically active in the 1820s. Between 1821 and 1832 he was several times with a few interruptions, a deputy in the House of Representatives from Vermont. From 1824 to 1828 Young served as district attorney in Orleans County; 1831-1832 he was a judge in a probate court. In the years 1836-1838 he was a member of the Senate from Vermont. Politically, he joined in the 1830s, the Whig party.

In the congressional elections of 1840 Young was selected in the fourth district of Vermont in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of John Smith on March 4, 1841. Rejecting another candidacy in 1842, Young was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1843. This was overshadowed by violent discussions between his party and the U.S. President John Tyler, who was actually a member of the Whigs, but increasingly distanced from them.

After the end of his time in Congress Young praktisierte again as a lawyer and turned to literary matters. In 1847 he moved to St. Albans. From 1851 to 1854 he was associate judge at the district court in Franklin County. Augustus Young died on 17 June 1857 in St. Albans.