William S. Youngman Politician
William Sterling Youngman (February 2, 1872 – April 25, 1934) was an American politician who served as a Massachusetts State Senator, the Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts and as the 50th Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1929 to 1933.Youngman attended Harvard where he was a member of the debate team.Youngman served with a troop of Pennsylvania Cavalry during the Spanish American War, he also served in World War I.In 1932 Youngman was the Republican nominee for Governor of Massachusetts, he lost that election by about 150,000 votes to the incumbent Democratic Governor Joseph B. Ely.
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office | Member of the Massachusetts State Senate Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts Norfolk and Suffolk District |
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service end | 1898 |
service start | 1898 |
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