John Young (12 June 1802-23 April 1852) was a member of the US House of Representatives (W-NY 30) from 9 November 1836 to 3 March 1837 (succeeding Philo C. Fuller and preceding Luther C. Peck) and from NY-30 from 4 March 1841 to 3 March 1843 (succeeding Peck) and Governor of New York from 1 January 1847 to 31 December 1848 (succeeding Silas Wright and preceding Hamilton Fish).
Biography[]
John Young was born in Chelsea, Vermont in 1802, and he was raised in Conesus, Livingston County, New York. He worked as a teacher in Livonia before becoming a lawyer in Geneseo in 1829, and, while he entered politics as a Jacksonian Democrat, he shortly afterward joined the Anti-Masonic Party and was elected to the State Assembly in 1832. He went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1836 to 1837 and from 1841 to 1843, in the State Assembly from 1845 to 1846, and Governor from 1847 to 1848, overseeing the expansion of the Erie Canal, the establishment of the state court of appeals, opposition to the Mexican-American War, and the pardoning of the farmers who had been imprisoned during the Anti-Rent War. He went on to serve as Assistant Treasurer of the United States in New York City from 1849 until his death in 1852.