Role U.S. congressman Political party Republican Party Republican Party | Profession Attorney Name Clarence Young | |
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Born November 7, 1922 (age 102)
Lovelock, Nevada ( 1922-11-07 ) Residence Reno, Nevada, United States | ||
Preceded by Walter S. Baring, Jr. Succeeded by Walter S. Baring, Jr. | ||
Clarence Clifton "Cliff" Young (November 7, 1922 – April 3, 2016), known as C. Clifton Young, was a United States congressman from Nevada.
A Republican, Young was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the state's at-large district in 1952 and re-elected in 1954. He won the Republican nomination for United States Senate in 1956 but was defeated by incumbent Democrat Alan Bible in a close race.
Young later served in the Nevada Senate from 1966 to 1980 and on the Nevada Supreme Court from 1985 to 2002, including a stint as chief justice (1989–1990). Young also served as president of the National Wildlife Federation (1981–1983). He died in Reno, Nevada in 2016 at the age of 93.
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