Benjamin Loring Young | |
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| Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office 1921–1924 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph E. Warner |
| Succeeded by | John C. Hull |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 13th Middlesex District[1] | |
| In office 1915[1]–1924 | |
| Preceded by | Immanuel Pfeiffer Jr.[2] |
| Succeeded by | Sidney J. Stone[3] |
| Weston Selectman[1][4] | |
| In office 1910[1][4]–1946 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 7, 1885 Weston, Massachusetts |
| Died | June 4, 1964 (aged 78) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Republican[1][4] |
| Spouse | Mary Coolidge Hall |
| Children | Barbara, Charlotte Hubbard, Lorraine, and Benjamin Loring |
| Alma mater | Harvard College, 1907;[1][4] Harvard Law School, 1911[1][4] |
| Profession | Lawyer[1][4] |
Benjamin Loring Young (November 7, 1885 – June 4, 1964) of Weston, Massachusetts was a US lawyer[4] and politician who served as the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1921 to 1924.
Born in Weston in 1885,[1][4] Young graduated from Harvard College in 1907[1] and Harvard Law School in 1911.[1] Following nine years of legal practice, Young retired from the law. In 1910, Young was elected a Selectman of the Town of Weston, Massachusetts,[1] a position he held for thirty-six years. Young was elected as a Republican to the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1] in 1915, serving from 1916[1]–24.[3][5] Young served on the Ways and Means Committee in 1916,[4] and as the chairman of the Recess Committee on State Finances in 1917.[5] In 1928, Young ran unsuccessfully for US Senator. Young was on the Board of Parole and Advisory Board of Pardons for the State Prison and Massachusetts Reformatory from 1913 to 1915,[4][5] and the 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.
On June 26, 1933[6][7] Young was a delegate to, and the president of,[8] the Massachusetts Convention [6] that ratified the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution.[7]
Young married Mary Coolidge Hall in 1908; they divorced in 1935. They had four children: Barbara, Charlotte, Lorraine, and Benjamin Loring Jr. He died in Boston on June 4, 1964.[9]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Howard, Richard T. (1920), Public Officials of Massachusetts 1920, Boston, Massachusetts: The Boston Review, p. 319
- ^ Who's Who in State Politics, 1915, Boston, Massachusetts: Practical Politics, 1915, p. 283
- ^ a b Howard, Richard T. (1925), Public Officials of Massachusetts 1925-1926, Boston, Massachusetts: The Boston Review, p. 303
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Who's Who in State Politics, 1916, Boston, Massachusetts: Practical Politics, 1916, p. 337
- ^ a b c Howard, Richard T. (1923), Public Officials of Massachusetts 1923-1924, Boston, Massachusetts: The Boston Review, p. 85
- ^ a b Everett Somerville Brown, ed. (1938), Ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment to the Constitution of the United States: State Convention Records and Laws, Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press, p. 204
- ^ a b Everett Somerville Brown, ed. (1938), Ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment to the Constitution of the United States: State Convention Records and Laws, Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press, p. 213
- ^ Everett Somerville Brown, ed. (1938), Ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment to the Constitution of the United States: State Convention Records and Laws, Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press, p. 209
- ^ "B. L. Young, 78, Dies, Former House Speaker". The North Adams Transcript. North Adams, Massachusetts. June 5, 1964. p. 1. Retrieved May 21, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.