James H. Young
Politician
1860 – 1921
Who was James H. Young?
James H. Young was an African American politician in North Carolina.
Young was born in 1860 near Henderson, North Carolina to a slave woman and a prominent white man. Educated at Shaw University, Young was hired to work in the office of Colonel J. J. Young, an internal revenue collector, in 1877, and became involved with the Republican Party. In 1883, Young was elected to the Raleigh board of aldermen, but the board, controlled by Democrats, had Young and three other black Republicans removed from office because they held federal government jobs.
President Benjamin Harrison nominated Young twice for the position of Collector of the Port of Wilmington but the U.S. Senate failed to confirm him.
As owner and editor of the Raleigh Gazette from 1893 to 1898, Young helped organize the electoral fusion of the state's Republicans and Populists. He was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives from Wake County on a Fusion ticket in 1894 and 1896. Historian Helen G. Edmonds called Young "the outstanding Negro in the state legislature during the Fusion period."
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- Born
- 1860
United States of America - Also known as
- James Young
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Shaw University
- Died
- 1921
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on July 23, 2013
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