Thomas L. Young
| Thomas Lowry Young | |
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| 33rd Governor of Ohio | |
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In office March 2, 1877 – January 14, 1878 |
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| Lieutenant | H. W. Curtiss |
| Preceded by | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Succeeded by | Richard M. Bishop |
| 12th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio | |
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In office January 10, 1876 – March 2, 1877 |
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| Governor | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Preceded by | Alphonso Hart |
| Succeeded by | H. W. Curtiss |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 2nd district |
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In office March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 |
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| Preceded by | Henry B. Banning |
| Succeeded by | Isaac M. Jordan |
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the Hamilton County district |
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In office January 1, 1866 – January 5, 1868 Serving with ten others |
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| Preceded by | ten others |
| Succeeded by | nine others |
| Member of the Ohio Senate from the first district |
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In office January 1, 1872 – January 4, 1874 Serving with John Schiff Joseph F. Wright |
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| Preceded by | Thomas H. Yeatman Michael Goepper Samuel Furman Hunt Nathan Lord, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | William R. Wallace Vachel Worthington Stephen H. Burton |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 14, 1832 Killyleagh, County Down, Ireland |
| Died | July 20, 1888 (aged 55) Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Resting place | Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Cincinnati Law School |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/branch |
United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1848 - 1858, 1861 - 1864 |
| Rank |
 Colonel Brevet Brigadier General
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| Commands | 118th Ohio Infantry |
Thomas Lowry Young (December 14, 1832 – July 20, 1888) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. Young, a Republican, served as the 33rd Governor of Ohio from March 2, 1877 to January 14, 1878.
Young was born in Killyleagh, County Down, Ireland. While living in Ireland, his father was a gardener for Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Earl of Dufferin. He immigrated with his parents to the United States as a child and spent his childhood in New York.
Young enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1848, originally joining as a musician. He advanced through the ranks of the artillery to become a First Sergeant in the 3rd U.S. Artillery, serving under Brevet Major John F. Reynolds. After his service ended in January 1858, Young moved to Pennsylvania, then to Cincinnati a year later, where he served as the Assistant Superintendent for the House of Refuge Reform School for Youth.
In March 1861 Young, believing a civil war to be imminent, wrote to General Winfield Scott volunteering his services. He officially joined the American Civil War effort a month later. Between August and December, he served under John C. Frémont as a captain while stationed in Missouri. The unit disbanded at the beginning of 1862, and Young left the service. He worked for a Democratic Party newspaper in Sidney, Ohio afterwards, and spoke out against the Lincoln Administration, believing them to be too soft in the war effort thus far. Young re-enlisted and received a commission as major in the 118th Ohio Infantry in September 1862, where he remained for the duration of his service. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in February 1863 and the rank of colonel in April 1864. At the Battle of Resaca in May, Young led a charge against the enemy that was quickly defeated; the charge caused him to lose 116 of his 270 men in the span of a few minutes. He contracted an illness during the Atlanta Campaign, and resigned from the Army in September. President Abraham Lincoln brevetted him Brigadier-General of volunteers for his service on March 13, 1865.
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