John Young

A Representative from Texas. Born in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Tex. , November 10, 1916. Attended the Incarnate Word Academy and Corpus Christi College-Academy. B. A. , St. Edwards University, Austin, Tex. , 1937. L. L. B. , University of Texas School of Law, 1940. Lawyer, private practice. United States Navy, 1941-1945. Assistant county attorney, Nueces County, Tex. , 1946. Assistant district attorney, Nueces County, Tex. , 1947-1950. County attorney, Nueces County, Tex. , 1951-1952. County judge, Nueces County, Tex. , 1953-1956. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fifth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1957-January 3, 1979). Unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the Ninety-sixth Congress in 1978. Consultant. Died on January 22, 2002, in Arlington, Va. Interment in Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Va.