Edward Lunn Young
| Edward Lunn Young | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 6th district |
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In office January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 |
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| Preceded by | John L. McMillan |
| Succeeded by | John Jenrette |
| Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Florence County | |
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In office 1958–1960 |
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| Personal details | |
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September 7, 1920 Florence, South Carolina |
| Political party |
Democratic (until the 1960s) Republican (1960s onward) |
| Alma mater | Clemson College |
| Awards |
Distinguished Flying Cross Air Medal with nine Oak Leaf Clusters |
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United States Army Air Corps United States Army Reserves |
| Years of service | 1941–1946 |
| Rank |
 Major
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Edward Lunn Young (born September 7, 1920) is a former Republican U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
Young was born in Florence, South Carolina. He graduated from Clemson College (now Clemson University) in 1941. Not long after graduating, he joined the United States Army Air Corps and served as a fighter pilot in the Pacific during the last part of World War II. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with nine oak leaf clusters.
After World War II, he stayed in the reserves for one year and was discharged as a major. He then returned to Florence and worked as a farmer, real estate broker and businessman.
Young was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives as a Democrat from Florence County in 1958 and served one term. He became a Republican sometime in the early 1960s and was active in state Republican politics, attending the state Republican conventions of 1968 and 1970. He was also a delegate to the 1968 Republican National Convention.
In 1972, Young won the Republican nomination for South Carolina's 6th congressional district, in the state's northeast corner. He expected to face 17-term incumbent John L. McMillan, the longest-serving congressman in South Carolina history, in the primary. However, in a considerable upset, McMillan was defeated in the primary by a considerably more liberal Democrat, State Representative John Jenrette. Due to the gigantic Republican landslide of that year, Young won by over nine points, becoming the first Republican in history to represent this part of South Carolina.
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