Hiram Casey Young (December 14, 1828 – August 17, 1899) was an American lawyer and politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 10th congressional district of Tennessee.

Biography

Young was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He moved with his parents to a farm near Byhalia, Mississippi, in 1838. He attended the local schools, was tutored by his father, and also the Cavalry.

Career

Elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth, and Forty-sixth Congresses, Young served from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1881, but was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1880. However he was elected to the Forty-eighth, serving in that period from March 4, 1883, to March 3, 1885. During this Forty-eighth Congress, he was the chairman of the United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior. He was not a candidate for renomination, but resumed the practice of law.

Death

Young died in Memphis, Tennessee, on August 17, 1899, aged 70. He is interred at Elmwood Cemetery.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byCivil WarMember of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 10th congressional district 1875–1881Succeeded byWilliam R. Moore
Preceded byWilliam R. MooreMember of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 10th congressional district 1883–1885Succeeded byZachary Taylor