Augustus Young (representative) explained

Augustus Young
Term End1:	S
Order2:	Member of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont's 4th district
Term Start2:	March 4, 1841
Term End2:	March 3, 1843
Predecessor2:	John Smith
Successor2:	Paul Dillingham
Office3:	Member of the Vermont Senate
Term3:	1836–1838
Office4:	Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
Term4:	1821–1824 1826 1828–1830 1832
Birth Date:	March 20, 1784
Birth Place:	Arlington, Vermont Republic
Death Place:	St. Albans, Vermont, U.S.
Profession:	Politician, Lawyer, Judge
Party:	Whig

Augustus Young (March 20, 1784June 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 until 1824, 1826, 1828 until 1830 and 1832.^[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 1838.^[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.

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.

External links

• • Govtrack US Congress
• Fragmentary records of the Youngs
• The Political Graveyard

Notes and References

1. Book: Gilman, Marcus Davis. The bibliography of Vermont: or, A list of books and pamphlets relating in any way to the state. With biographical and other notes. 1897. Free Press Association. 343.
2. Web site: Augustus Young. The Political Graveyard. November 23, 2012.
3. Book: Vermont General Assembly. Journal. 1828. Vermont General Assembly. 1997.
4. Web site: YOUNG, Augustus, (1784 - 1857) . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. November 23, 2012.
5. Web site: Augustus Young. Govtrack US Congress. November 23, 2012.
6. Web site: Augustus Young. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. November 23, 2012.
7. Book: Augustus Young. 1869. Fragmentary records of the Youngs. 9780598995797. November 23, 2012.
8. Book: Herringshaw, Thomas William Herringshaw. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century: Accurate and Succinct Biographies of Famous Men and Women in All Walks of Life who are Or Have Been the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States Since Its Formation. 1901. American Publisher's Association. 1043.