George U. Young
| George U. Young | |
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| 15th Secretary of Arizona Territory | |
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In office May 1, 1909 – February 12, 1912 |
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| Nominated by | William Howard Taft |
| Preceded by | John H. Page |
| Succeeded by | Sidney P. Osborn (as the Secretary of State of Arizona) |
| 28th Mayor of Phoenix | |
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In office April 7, 1914 – May 1, 1916 |
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| Preceded by | Lloyd B. Christy |
| Succeeded by | Peter Corpstein |
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February 10, 1867 Hamburg, Clark County, Indiana |
| Died | November 26, 1926 (aged 59) Derby Mine near Prescott, Arizona |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party |
Republican Progressive |
| Spouse(s) | Ellen M. Smith (m. 1900) |
George Ulysses Young (February 10, 1867 – November 26, 1926) was an American businessman and politician. Active initially in railroads, he transitioned his business interests to mining. Politically he served as Secretary of Arizona Territory and as Mayor of Phoenix.
Born to John Alexander and Elizabeth (Wilson) Young on February 10, 1867 in Hamburg, Clark County, Indiana. While he attended public schools, he was primarily self-taught. By age 12 he was literate in both Greek and Latin. His mother died when Young was a boy and his father moved the family to Kansas in 1879. He began working at age 14, taking a job as a farm hand. A year later he was teaching at a local school. Young also began a study of law. After being admitted to the Kansas bar when he was 21, he began a successful legal practice, winning eighteen cases. Young left his legal practice in 1890 and moved to Phoenix, Arizona Territory.
In Arizona, Young became a bookkeeper for a company building a railroad line between Ashfork and Phoenix. He then worked his way up to fireman and engineer with the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad. Young was then elected principal for the schools in Williams. He remained there for four years. During this time be became the owner and publisher of the Williams News. In another business venture, Young joined with Buckey O'Neill and became an organizer and promoter for the Grand Canyon Railway. Following O'Neill's death, Young became the primary force behind the railroad's completion. The effort was financially unsuccessful and Young lost over $75,000 in the venture. Young joined an American Railway Union strike in 1904 and never returned to work for the railroads.
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