Hiram Casey Young (December 14, 1828 – August 17, 1899) was an American lawyer and politician and a member of the
United States House of Representatives
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for the
10th congressional district of
Tennessee
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.
Biography
Young was born in
Tuscaloosa
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,
Alabama
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, anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...
in
Tuscaloosa County
Tuscaloosa County is a county in the northwest-central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama and is the center of commerce, education, industry, health care, and entertainment for the region.
The county's population was 227,036 as of the 2020 c ...
. He moved with his parents to a farm near
Byhalia, Mississippi
Byhalia , is a town in Marshall County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,302 as of the 2010 census.
History
Byhalia was founded in the 1830s and named after Byhalia Creek, which flows past the site.
Geography
According to the U ...
in
Marshall County in 1838. He attended the local schools, was tutored by his father, and also the Cavalry.
Career
Elected as a
Democrat
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Politics
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*A member of a Democratic Party:
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to the
Forty-fourth,
Forty-fifth, and
Forty-sixth Congresses, Young served from March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1881, but was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1880. However he was elected to the
Forty-eighth, serving in that period from March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1885. During this Forty-eighth Congress, he was the chairman of the
United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior. He was not a candidate for renomination, but resumed the practice of law.
Death
Young died in
Memphis, Tennessee
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on August 17, 1899, aged 70. He is
interred
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at
Elmwood Cemetery.
References
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1828 births
1899 deaths
Politicians from Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee
19th-century American politicians
People from Byhalia, Mississippi