Timothy R. Young

Timothy Roberts Young ( born November 19, 1811 in Dover, New Hampshire, † May 12 1898 in Casey, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1849 and 1851 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Timothy Young attended preparatory schools and then the Phillips Exeter Academy. Then he studied until 1835 at Bowdoin College in Brunswick ( Maine). After studying law in his home town of Dover and his 1838 was admitted to the bar he began in Marshall ( Illinois) to work in this profession. This activity he held for ten years. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1848, Young was the third electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Orlando B. Ficklin on March 4, 1849. Until March 3, 1851, he was able to complete a term in Congress. This was marked by the debate over slavery. On March 4, 1851 from his position fell back to its predecessor Ficklin, who had been elected to Congress again in November 1850.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Timothy Young moved to Mattoon, where he manufactured tobacco. He then worked in agriculture in the vicinity of Casey. He died on 12 May 1898 in the small town of oilfield near Casey in Clark County.