Dewey Young

William Dewey Young

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

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note 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

Terms of Service top

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

Biographical Information 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

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

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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