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William Dewey Young

Dewey Young
Full Name: William Dewey Young
Birth date: October 3, 1898
Death date: December 2, 1981

Terms of Service

  • House, 42nd Legislature
    1/13/1931 - 1/10/1933
    Democrat
  • House, 41st Legislature
    1/8/1929 - 1/13/1931
    Democrat
  • House, 40th Legislature
    1/11/1927 - 1/8/1929
    Democrat
  • House, 39th Legislature
    1/13/1925 - 1/11/1927
    Democrat
  • House, 38th Legislature
    1/9/1923 - 1/13/1925
    Democrat

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Mentioned in "Under the Dome," 1/20/1931, p. 8. Austin American .
  • "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 .
  • William Dewey Young, death date 12/2/1981 in Dallas County. FamilySearch Texas Death Index, 1964-1998 .
  • Dewey Young, birth date 10/3/1898, death date December 1981, last place of residence Dallas. FamilySearch United States Social Security Death Index .
  • William Dewey Young, birth date 10/3/1898; permanent home address in Aberdeen, Collingsworth County; laborer, Mellon-Stuart Co.; nearest relative J.H. Young; draft registration 9/6/1918 in Wellington, Collingsworth County. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 .
  • William Dewey Young (1898-1981), portrait, burial in Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County. Find a Grave .
  • Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/2/1929, p. 5. Houston Post-Dispatch .
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