Benjamin Loring Young
Benjamin Loring Young (November 7, 1885 – June 4, 1964) of Weston, Massachusetts was a US lawyer[4] and politician who served as the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1921 to 1924.
Benjamin Loring Young | |
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Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
In office 1921–1924 | |
Preceded by | Joseph E. Warner |
Succeeded by | John C. Hull |
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 13th Middlesex District[1] | |
In office 1915[1] – 1924 | |
Preceded by | Immanuel Pfeiffer, Jr.[2] |
Succeeded by | Sidney J. Stone[3] |
Member of the Weston, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen[1][4] | |
In office 1910[1][4] – 1946 | |
Personal details | |
Born | November 7, 1885 Weston, Massachusetts |
Died | June 4, 1964 78) Boston, Massachusetts | (aged
Political party | Republican[1][4] |
Spouse(s) | Mary Coolidge Hall |
Children | Barbara, Charlotte Hubbard, Lorraine, and Benjamin Loring |
Alma mater | Harvard College, 1907;[1][4] Harvard Law School, 1911[1][4] |
Profession | Lawyer[1][4] |
Born in Weston in 1885,[1][4] Young graduated from Harvard College in 1907[1] and Harvard Law School in 1911.[1] Following nine years of legal practice, Young retired from the law. In 1910, Young was elected a Selectman of the Town of Weston, Massachusetts,[1] a position he held for thirty-six years. Young was elected as a Republican to the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1] in 1915, serving from 1916[1]–24.[3][5] Young served on the Ways and Means Committee in 1916,[4] and as the chairman of the Recess Committee on State Finances in 1917.[5] In 1928, Young ran unsuccessfully for US Senator. Young was on the Board of Parole and Advisory Board of Pardons for the State Prison and Massachusetts Reformatory from 1913 to 1915,[4][5] and the chairman of the State Board of Probation from 1927–42, a US Referee in Bankruptcy from 1925–41, and a member of the Harvard Board of Overseers from 1922-28.
On June 26, 1933[6][7] Young was a delegate to, and the president of,[8] the Massachusetts Convention [6] that ratified the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution.[7]
Young married Mary Coolidge Hall in 1908; they divorced in 1935. They had four children: Barbara, Charlotte Hubbard, Lorraine, and Benjamin Loring, Jr. He died in Boston on June 4, 1964.[9]
See also
- 143rd Massachusetts General Court
References
- Howard, Richard T. (1920), Public Officials of Massachusetts 1920, Boston, Massachusetts: The Boston Review, p. 319.
- Who's Who in State Politics, 1915, Boston, Massachusetts: Practical Politics, 1915, p. 283.
- Howard, Richard T. (1925), Public Officials of Massachusetts 1925-1926, Boston, Massachusetts: The Boston Review, p. 303.
- Who's Who in State Politics, 1916, Boston, Massachusetts: Practical Politics, 1916, p. 337.
- Howard, Richard T. (1923), Public Officials of Massachusetts 1923-1924, Boston, Massachusetts: The Boston Review, p. 85.
- Everett Somerville Brown, ed. (1938), Ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment to the Constitution of the United States: State Convention Records and Laws, Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press, p. 204.
- Everett Somerville Brown, ed. (1938), Ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment to the Constitution of the United States: State Convention Records and Laws, Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press, p. 213.
- Everett Somerville Brown, ed. (1938), Ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment to the Constitution of the United States: State Convention Records and Laws, Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press, p. 209.
- "B. L. Young, 78, Dies, Former House Speaker". The North Adams Transcript. North Adams, Massachusetts. June 5, 1964. p. 1. Retrieved May 21, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
Party political offices | ||
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Preceded by William M. Butler |
Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (Class 1) 1928 |
Succeeded by Robert M. Washburn |
Massachusetts House of Representatives | ||
Preceded by Immanuel Pfeiffer, Jr. |
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 13th Middlesex District 1915 — 1924 |
Succeeded by Sidney J. Stone |
Preceded by Joseph E. Warner |
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1921 — 1924 |
Succeeded by John C. Hull |