William S. Youngman Explained

William Sterling Youngman
Order:50th
Office:Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
Term Start:1929
Term End:1933
Governor:Frank G. Allen
Joseph B. Ely
Predecessor:Frank G. Allen
Successor:Gaspar G. Bacon
Order2:42nd
Office2:Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts
Term Start2:1925
Term End2:1928
Governor2:Alvan T. Fuller
Predecessor2:James Jackson
Office3:Member of the
Massachusetts State Senate
Norfolk and Suffolk District
Term Start3:1923
Term End3:1924
Predecessor3:Wesley E. Monk
Birth Date:February 2, 1872
Birth Place:Williamsport, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Date:April 25, 1934 (aged 62)
Death Place:Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
Party:Republican
Profession:Attorney
Alma Mater:Harvard College
A.B. 1895;
Harvard Law School
L.L.B. 1898
Children:William Sterling Youngman Jr.
Branch:United States Army
Serviceyears:1898
1918
Rank:Captain
Battles:Spanish–American War
World War I

William Sterling Youngman (February 2, 1872 – April 25, 1934) was an American politician who served as a Massachusetts State Senator, the Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts and as the 50th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1929 to 1933.

Youngman attended Harvard, where he was a member of the debate team.

Youngman served with a troop of Pennsylvania Cavalry during the Spanish–American War; he also served in World War I.

In 1932 Youngman was the Republican nominee for Governor of Massachusetts, he lost that election by about 150,000 votes to the incumbent Democratic Governor Joseph B. Ely.