US Congressman. He was born one of ten children (St. Clair Young was born in 1790, William Singleton Young was born in 1790, Stanley Young was born in 1795, Sally Young was born in 1798, Addison Young was born in 1801, Fanny Young was born in 1802, Cadmus Young was born in 1807, and Milton Young was born in 1815, and Elizabeth Young was born in 1816), to John Young and Elizabeth Singleton Young near Bardstown, Kentucky. He was educated at local common schools and later attended and graduated from the prestigious University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky. He then studied medicine and began his practice in Nelson County, Kentucky. On August 11, 1824, he married Louisa Steward Sneed in Franklin County, Kentucky, and they had two children together (they had two daughters but both passed away while still infants in 1828 and 1831). He then decided to run for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected. A member of the Whig Party, he served Kentucky's 5th District (Twenty-Ninth Congress) in the United States House of Representatives from 1845 to 1847. After his term in the United States Congress expired on March 3, 1847, he was succeeded in office by United States Representative John Burton Thompson. He then served three terms as a Member of the Kentucky State House of Representatives from 1858 to 1859, 1861 to 1862, and again from 1863 to 1864. After leaving politics he resumed his practice of medicine until his death. He passed away in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, on May 14, 1882, at the age of 82, and he was buried in the Elizabethtown City Cemetery. His wife Louisa passed away on September 20, 1851, at the age of 49, and she is interred with her husband. His brother was United States Representative William Singleton Young (1790-1827), and his nephew was United States Representative and Governor of Kentucky John Young Brown (1835-1904).