David Youngs was an American lumberman from Ahnapee, Wisconsin who spent one term as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for the district consisting of Door and Kewaunee Counties. Although contemporary newspapers describe him as a Republican,"Further Election Returns, Save County" Milwaukee Daily Sentinel November 13, 1866; p.1, col. 2 he was officially recorded as a Union Party member.The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin; Comprising Jefferson's Manual, Rules, Forms and Laws, for the Regulation of Business; also, Lists and Tables for Reference Sixth Annual Edition; Madison: Atwood and Rublee, State Printers, 1867; p. 172 Cannon, A. Peter, ed. Members of the Wisconsin Legislature: 1848 – 1999. State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Informational Bulletin 99-1, September 1999; p. 125
Private affairs Youngs was born in Scotland; as of 1867 he was 39 years of age, and had been in Wisconsin for 30 years. He listed his profession as "lumberman".The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin; Comprising Jefferson's Manual, Rules, Forms and Laws, for the Regulation of Business; also, Lists and Tables for Reference Sixth Annual Edition; Madison: Atwood and Rublee, State Printers, 1867; p. 172 In July 1867 Youngs was a signatory (with Thomas McDill and others) to a letter calling for a meeting in Madison in order to organize a Lumberman's Association of Wisconsin."State News: Lumbermen’s Association—Balley’s Harbor—The Wheat Crops—An Unfavorable Prediction—Broke Jail" Milwaukee Daily Sentinel July 20, 1867
Elective office Youngs served a single one-year term in the Assembly, in a new district previously represented by Democrat Constant Martin (Kewaunee County) and Unionist Isaac Stephenson (Door County). He was assigned to the standing committees on internal improvements and on contingent expenditures.The Legislative Manual, of the State of Wisconsin; Comprising Jefferson's Manual, Rules, Forms and Laws, for the Regulation of Business; also, lists and tables for reference Sixth Annual Edition; Madison: Atwood and Rublee, State Printers, 1867; pp. 172, 174, 178, 179 He was defeated for re-election in late 1867 by Democrat Moses Kilgore.
Death Youngs died on August 5, 1874, from erysipelas at his home in Ahnapee, Wisconsin."David Youngs-Death", Sturgeon Bay Door County Advocate, August 13, 1874, pg. 3
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