| 词条 | Edward Lunn Young |
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| name = Edward Lunn Young | image = Edward Lunn Young.jpg | imagesize = | image name = | birth_date= {{birth date|1920|09|07}} | birth_place= Florence, South Carolina | death_date= {{death date and age|2017|5|9|1920|9|7}} | death_place= Florence, South Carolina | state = South Carolina | district = 6th | term_start = January 3, 1973 | term_end = January 3, 1975 | preceded = John L. McMillan | succeeded = John Jenrette |office2 = Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Florence County |term_start2 = 1958 |term_end2 = 1960 | party = Democratic (until the 1960s) Republican (1960s onward) | spouse = | religion = |alma_mater = Clemson College |branch = United States Army Air Corps United States Army Reserves |serviceyears = 1941–1946 |rank = Major |awards = Distinguished Flying Cross Air Medal with nine Oak Leaf Clusters }} Edward Lunn Young (September 7, 1920 – May 9, 2017) was a Republican U.S. Representative from South Carolina. BiographyYoung was born in Florence, South Carolina. He graduated from Clemson College (now Clemson University) in 1941. Not long after graduating, he joined the United States Army Air Corps and served as a fighter pilot in the Pacific during the last part of World War II. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with nine oak leaf clusters. After World War II, he stayed in the reserves for one year and was discharged as a major. He then returned to Florence and worked as a farmer, real estate broker and businessman. Young was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives as a Democrat from Florence County in 1958 and served one term. He became a Republican sometime in the early 1960s and was active in state Republican politics, attending the state Republican conventions of 1968 and 1970. He was also a delegate to the 1968 Republican National Convention. In 1972, Young won the Republican nomination for {{ushr|South Carolina|6}}, in the state's northeast corner. He expected to face 17-term incumbent John L. McMillan, the longest-serving congressman in South Carolina history, in the primary. However, in a considerable upset, McMillan was defeated in the primary by a considerably more liberal Democrat, State Representative John Jenrette. Due to the gigantic Republican landslide of that year, Young won by over nine points, becoming the first Republican in history to represent this part of South Carolina. Young's tenure in Congress was short-lived, however. The Republican Party did not have strong roots in this part of the state at the time, so Young was particularly vulnerable in the 1974 elections, which saw a nationwide backlash against Republicans due to Watergate. Jenrette sought a rematch against Young, and this time won by four points. Another rematch in 1976 resulted in Young being soundly defeated. Young was the Republican candidate for Governor in 1978, but was soundly defeated by Democratic State Senator Richard Riley. When Jenrette was ensnared by Abscam in 1980, Young jumped into the Republican primary, only to be soundly defeated by John Light Napier, who went on to defeat Jenrette in November. After his 1980 defeat, Young retired from politics. He died in his sleep on May 9, 2017.[1] References1. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article149686079.html|title=Former Congressman Ed Young dies at age 96|last=Lloyd|first=Joshua|date=May 10, 2017|work=The States|access-date=May 10, 2017|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}} Sources{{CongBio|Y000035}}{{s-start}}{{s-par|us-hs}}{{USRepSuccessionBox| state=South Carolina | district=6 | before= John L. McMillan | after= John Jenrette | years=1973–1975 }}{{s-ppo}}{{s-bef|before= James B. Edwards}}{{s-ttl|title=Republican nominee for Governor of South Carolina|years=1978}}{{s-aft|after = W. D. Workman, Jr.}}{{s-end}}{{USCongRep-start|congresses= 93rd United States Congress |state=South Carolina}}{{USCongRep/SC/93}}{{USCongRep-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Edward Lunn}} 16 : 1920 births|2017 deaths|People from Florence, South Carolina|Clemson University alumni|South Carolina Democrats|South Carolina Republicans|Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives|Members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina|United States Army Air Forces officers|United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II|Recipients of the Air Medal|Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives|20th-century American politicians|Candidates in the 1978 United States elections|Candidates in the 1980 United States elections |
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