Gordon Elmo Young | |
Office: | Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas |
Term Start: | September 10, 1959 |
Term End: | August 20, 1969 |
Appointer: | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Predecessor: | J. Smith Henley |
Successor: | Garnett Thomas Eisele |
Birth Name: | Gordon Elmo Young |
Birth Date: | 26 April 1907 |
Birth Place: | Malvern, Arkansas |
Education: | University of Arkansas School of Law (LL.B.) |
Gordon Elmo Young (April 26, 1907 – August 20, 1969) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
Born in Malvern, Arkansas, Young received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1931. He was in private practice in Malvern from 1931 to 1939, and then in Pine Bluff, Arkansas until 1959.
On August 18, 1959, Young was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas vacated by Judge J. Smith Henley. Young was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 2, 1959, and received his commission on September 10, 1959. Young served in that capacity until his death on August 20, 1969.