Bryan Young
American politician
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| Intro | American politician | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 14 January 1800 | |
| Death | 14 May 1882 (aged 82 years) | |
| Star sign | Capricorn | |
| Politics: | Whig Party |
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Bryan Rust Young (born January 14, 1800 near Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky – May 14, 1882 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky) was a Whig U.S. Representative from Kentucky, representing that state's 5th Congressional District for one term in the Twenty-ninth United States Congress, from 1845 to 1847. Young later served several terms in the Kentucky State House of Representatives between 1858 and 1864. Outside of his political career, Young practiced medicine, having studied that subject at the University of Louisville. Young came from a political family, being the brother of William Singleton Young and an uncle to John Young Brown.