Timothy R. Young

For other people of the same name, see Tim Young (disambiguation).

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.

References

Timothy R. Young at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
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

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Name	Young, Timothy Roberts
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	November 19, 1811
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Date of death	May 12, 1898
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