Dewey Young

Full Name: William Dewey Young
Date of birth: October 3, 1898
Date of death: December 2, 1981

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	122	Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933	42nd	Democrat	Wellington / Collingsworth	Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler
H	122	Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931	41st	Democrat	Wellington / Collingsworth	Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler
H	122	Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929	40th	Democrat	Wellington / Collingsworth	Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler
H	122	Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927	39th	Democrat	Wellington / Collingsworth	Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler
H	122	Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925	38th	Democrat	Wellington / Collingsworth	Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

"Six Students in Legislature: Solons Are Woodall, Sheats, Woodruff, Tomme, Maxwell, and Young," 10/3/1926, p. 11, biographical sketches of Cory Sheats, Homer Maxwell, Ben J. Woodall, Grady Woodruff, Thomas J. Renfro, and Dewey Young, all serving in the called session and students at the The University of Texas. Daily Texan.
Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/2/1929, p. 5. Houston Post-Dispatch.

Other Resources

Mentioned in "Under the Dome," 1/20/1931, p. 8. Austin American.
Dewey Young, birth date 10/3/1898, death date December 1981, residence in Dallas. FamilySearch United States Social Security Death Index.
William Dewey Young of Collingsworth County, birth date 10/3/1898. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
William Dewey Young, burial in Restland Memorial Park, Dallas. Includes biographical sketch, "served as a state representative from the district which included Collingsworth." Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. Dewey Young, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Dewey Young, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Dewey Young, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Dewey Young, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.D. Young, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

38th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, south wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
39th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
40th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
41st session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
42nd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

42nd R.S. - 1931 Appropriations Congressional Districts Revenue and Taxation (Chair) Rules
41st R.S. - 1929 Appropriations Claims and Accounts (Chair) Criminal Jurisprudence Penitentiaries Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Rules Texas Oklahoma Boundary
40th R.S. - 1927 Appropriations Education Penitentiaries Revenue and Taxation (Chair)
39th R.S. - 1925 Appropriations Education Penitentiaries Revenue and Taxation Rules (Chair)
38th R.S. - 1923 Constitutional Amendments Education Liquor Traffic Revenue and Taxation

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