Augustus Young (representative)

Augustus Young
Member of the
United States House of Representatives
from Vermont's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843
Preceded byJohn Smith
Succeeded byPaul Dillingham
Assistant Judge of Franklin County, Vermont
In office
1851–1855
Serving with Alvah Sabin (1851), Preston Taylor (1852), John C. Bryant (1854)
Preceded byWilliam C. Wilson
Succeeded byValentine S. Ferris
Member of the Vermont Senate
In office
1836–1840
Preceded byNone (position created)
Succeeded byJacob Bates
ConstituencyOrleans County
State's Attorney of Orleans County
In office
1824–1828
Preceded byJoshua Sawyer
Succeeded byE. H. Starkweather
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office
1832–1833
Preceded byRoyal Corbin
Succeeded byJoseph Scott Jr.
In office
1828–1831
Preceded byHiram Mason
Succeeded byRoyal Corbin
In office
1826–1827
Preceded byJoseph Scott
Succeeded byHiram Mason
In office
1821–1825
Preceded byHiram Mason
Succeeded byJoseph Scott
ConstituencyCraftsbury
Probate Judge of Orleans County, Vermont
In office
1830–1831
Preceded byJohn Kimball
Succeeded byJohn Kimball
Personal details
Born(1784-03-20)March 20, 1784
Arlington, Vermont Republic
DiedJune 17, 1857(1857-06-17) (aged 73)
St. Albans, Vermont, U.S.
Political partyWhig
ProfessionPolitician, Lawyer, Judge

Augustus Young (March 20, 1784 – June 17, 1857) was an American politician. He served as a United States representative from Vermont, a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, state’s attorney for Orleans County, a judge of probate, a county assistant judge, and a member of the Vermont State Senate.

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.[1]

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.[2] He was state’s attorney for Orleans County, Vermont, from 1824 to 1828;[3] judge of probate in 1830 and 1831; and served in the Vermont State Senate from 1836 to 1840.[4]

Young was elected as a Whig candidate to the 27th United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1841, to March 3, 1843.[5] 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.[6] In 1856, he was appointed State Naturalist due to his knowledge as a geologist and a mineralogist.[7] He wrote "On the Quadrature of the Circle" and "Unity of Purpose".[8]

Death

Young died in St. Albans on June 17, 1857.[9] He was buried at Greenwood Cemetery in St. Albans.[10]

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

  1. ^ Gilman, Marcus Davis (1897). The Bibliography of Vermont. Free Press Association. pp. 343.
  2. ^ "Augustus Young". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  3. ^ Vermont General Assembly (1828). Journal. Vermont General Assembly. p. 1997.
  4. ^ "YOUNG, Augustus, (1784 - 1857)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  5. ^ "Augustus Young". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  6. ^ "Augustus Young". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  7. ^ Augustus Young. Fragmentary records of the Youngs. 1869. ISBN 9780598995797. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  8. ^ Herringshaw, Thomas William (1901). Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century. American Publisher's Association. p. 1043.
  9. ^ Lanman, Charles (1876). Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States. Washington, DC: James Anglim. p. 481 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ "Greenwood Cemetery, St. Albans". VOCA58.org. Brattleboro, VT: Vermont Old Cemetery Association. Archived from the original on November 15, 2023. Retrieved September 18, 2024 – via Wayback Machine.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Vermont's 4th congressional district
1841–1843 		Succeeded by