Timothy R. Young
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Timothy Roberts Young (November 19, 1811 - May 12, 1898) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Dover, New Hampshire, Young completed preparatory studies. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy and was graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1835. He studied law in Dover, New Hampshire, and was admitted to the bar. He moved to Marshall, Illinois in the spring of 1838 and practiced law for ten years.
Young was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851). He moved to Mattoon, Illinois, and became interested in the manufacture of plug tobacco, in which he continued for ten years. He engaged in agricultural pursuits near Casey, Illinois. He died at Oilfield, near Casey, and was interred in Marshall Cemetery in Marshall, Illinois.
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| Preceded by Orlando B. Ficklin |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 3rd congressional district 1849-1851 |
Succeeded by Orlando B. Ficklin |
