He was drafted during World War I, serving in the Washington National Guard, and then overseas serving with the Forty-eighth Coast Artillery Corps for ten months until June 1919 when he was discharged as a captain.
He was employed at the Seattle Title Trust Co., from 1920 to 1930, where he was a manager, director and vice-president of the mortgage division. He subsequently became president of the Seattle Mortgage Loan Co. from 1930 to 1934.
arthur, younger, jesse, arthur, younger, april, 1893, june, 1967, united, states, representative, from, california, member, republican, party, first, representative, from, mateo, county, california, serving, seven, terms, from, 1953, 1967, member, house, repre. Jesse Arthur Younger April 11 1893 June 20 1967 was a United States representative from California A member of the Republican Party he was the first Representative from San Mateo County California serving seven terms from 1953 to 1967 J Arthur YoungerMember of the U S House of Representatives from CaliforniaIn office January 3 1953 June 20 1967Preceded byAllan O Hunter redistricting Succeeded byPete McCloskeyConstituency9th district 1953 63 11th district 1963 67 Personal detailsBornJesse Arthur Younger 1893 04 11 April 11 1893Albany Oregon U S DiedJune 20 1967 1967 06 20 aged 74 Washington D C U S Political partyRepublicanResidenceSan Mateo CaliforniaAlma materUniversity of WashingtonOccupationBankerMilitary serviceBranch serviceWashington National GuardYears of serviceAugust 1917 June 1919 Contents 1 Early life and career 2 Congress 3 Legacy 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksEarly life and career editBorn in Albany Oregon as an adolescent he moved to Kirkland Washington where he attended the public schools Younger graduated from the University of Washington at Seattle in 1915 He was drafted during World War I serving in the Washington National Guard and then overseas serving with the Forty eighth Coast Artillery Corps for ten months until June 1919 when he was discharged as a captain He was employed at the Seattle Title Trust Co from 1920 to 1930 where he was a manager director and vice president of the mortgage division He subsequently became president of the Seattle Mortgage Loan Co from 1930 to 1934 Congress editHe was elected to Congress in 1952 where he served until his death from leukemia in Washington D C in 1967 He defeated William Keller in 1962 to retain his seat Younger voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 1 1960 2 and 1964 3 as well as the 24th Amendment to the U S Constitution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 4 5 Legacy editA principal thoroughfare in San Mateo County State Route 92 was named in Younger s honor as the J Arthur Younger Freeway See also editList of United States Congress members who died in office 1950 99 U S Congressional Delegations from California State Route 92References edit HR 6127 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957 GovTrack us HR 8601 PASSAGE H R 7152 PASSAGE S J RES 29 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO BAN THE USE OF POLL TAX AS A REQUIREMENT FOR VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS GovTrack us TO PASS H R 6400 THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT External links editUnited States Congress J Arthur Younger id Y000060 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress U S House of RepresentativesPreceded byAllan O Hunter Member of the U S House of Representatives from California s 9th congressional district1953 1963 Succeeded byDon EdwardsPreceded byJohn J McFall Member of the U S House of Representatives from California s 11th congressional district1963 1967 Succeeded byPete McCloskey nbsp This article about a member of the United States House of Representatives from California is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title J Arthur Younger amp oldid 1196056018, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
