Legislator Details


Frank Landon Young
AKA:
Number of sessions served 2
Sessions served
Gender: Male
Age at election: 51

Vital Records Information:

Birth
Date: 7/24/1871
City: Esperance, NY
County: Schoharie County
Country: US
 
Death
Date: 6/23/1952
City: Kalamazoo, MI
County: Kalamazoo County, MI
Country: US
Type of Burial:
Burial
Date: 6/26/1952
City: Lansing, MI
County: Ingham County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Mount Hope Cemetery

Marital Information:
married Eva Ward, dau. of Rilla Ward, about 1900; children: Ruth E., Frank L, Smith G., Horace A., Harriet, Richard and David

Number of Children:

Background

Religion:
Military Service:
Occupation: hay and grain business, real estate
Race: Caucasian or White

Education:
Cobleskill, NY high school

Biographical Sketch:
English, Scottish and Irish ancestry. Son of Samuel and Laura (Hungerford) Young. Orphaned at age 12. Worked on farms until he graduated from the Cobleskill, NY high school. Moved to Lansing, MI in 1895. Started a hay and grain business with his brother. Served as city council member and on the Board of Police Commissioners. Memberships: President of the Michigan Hay Association and the national association. President of Lansing Boy Scout council. Chairman of the advisory board for the order of De Molay.

Notable Facts:

Sessions Served:

Fifty-Third Legislature, 1925-1926
Chamber: Senate
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Conservation, Industrial Schools, Prohibition, Public Health , State Affairs
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Lansing
County of Residence Ingham
District: 14
District Description: Comprising the counties of Ingham and Shiwassee

Date Elected: 11/4/1924
Date Sworn In: 1/7/1925
Date Left Office:

Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed

Maritial Status: Married
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Prohibition
Fifty-Second legislature, 1923-1924
Chamber: Senate
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: College of Mines , Executive Business , Institutions for the Blind and Deaf, Labor , State Affairs
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Lansing
County of Residence Ingham
District: 14
District Description: Comprising the counties of Ingham and Shiawassee

Date Elected: 11/7/1922
Date Sworn In: 1/3/1923
Date Left Office:

Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected

Maritial Status: Married
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Institutions for the Blind and Deaf

Bibliography:

MIBiog 2:482-83; USCen 1910, 1920, 1930; MIDeaths&Bur 1867-1995
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