Benjamin Loring Young

Benjamin Loring Young (1885–1964) of Weston, Massachusetts was a US politician who served as the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1921 to 1924.

He graduated from Harvard College in 1907 and Harvard Law School in 1911. Following nine years of legal practice, Loring retired from the law. In 1910, he was elected a selectman of the town of Weston, a position he held for thirty-six years. He was elected as a Republican Weston to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1915, serving from 1916–24, including terms as the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. In 1928, he ran unsuccessfully for US Senator. He was 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.

Loring married Mary Coolidge Hall in 1908; they divorced in 1935. They had four children: Barbara, Charlotte Hubbard, Lorraine, and Benjamin Loring, Jr.

Preceded by
Joseph E. Warner
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
1921 — 1924
Succeeded by
John C. Hull