Robert A. Young
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 2nd district |
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In office January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1987 |
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| Preceded by | James W. Symington |
| Succeeded by | Jack Buechner |
| Member of the Missouri Senate | |
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In office 1962-1976 |
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| Member of the Missouri House of Representatives | |
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In office 1956-1962 |
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November 27, 1923 St. Louis, Missouri |
| Died | October 17, 2007 (aged 83) St. Ann, Missouri |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Irene Slawson |
For the Methodist minister, see Robert A. Young (minister).
Robert A. Young III (November 27, 1923 – October 17, 2007) was a Democratic politician from the state of Missouri who served five terms in the US House of Representatives.
Young was the oldest child in a family that grew to include nine children. He was educated in parochial schools in St. Louis County. He attended McBride High School and graduated from Normandy High School in 1941.
He married Irene Slawson on November 27, 1947 and they were married for fifty years, until her death in 1997. Their family includes three children, Anne, Peggy, and Robert. Nine grandchildren, Matthew, Kevin, Katie, Jason, Megan, Robert, John, Blake, and Teresa, and ten great-grandchildren, Robert, Chelsie, Morgan, Kennedy, Kendall, Cydney, Tegan, Cameron, and Kaiden.Young was a union pipefitter by trade, a member of Pipefitters and Plumbers Local 562, AFL-CIO, St. Louis, until his election to Congress in 1976.
Young served in the U.S. Army from February 1943 to November 1945. His unit landed “under fire” on Utah Beach, on D-Day, June 6, 1944. He then served in General George Patton’s 3rd Army in the Battle of the Bulge. He was awarded the Bronze Star for valor in combat, the African-European Campaign Medal with Five Battlestars, the Combat Infantryman Badge, and the French Croix-de-Guerre with Palm for D-Day.
Young's long political career began in 1952 with his election as Democratic Committeeman for Airport Township in St. Louis County, an office he held until 1977. He was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 1956 and served there for 6 years. In 1962, he was elected to the Missouri State Senate, and served for 14 years.
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