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Representative Bryan Rust Young

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Representative Bryan Rust Young - Kentucky Whig

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NameBryan Rust Young
PositionRepresentative
StateKentucky
District5
PartyWhig
StatusFormer Representative
Term StartDecember 1, 1845
Term EndMarch 3, 1847
Terms Served1
BornJanuary 14, 1800
GenderMale
Bioguide IDY000030
Representative Bryan Rust Young
Bryan Rust Young served as a representative for Kentucky (1845-1847).

About Representative Bryan Rust Young



Bryan Rust Young (born January 14, 1800, near Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky – May 14, 1882 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky) was an American Whig Party politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, representing that state’s 5th Congressional District for one term in the Twenty-ninth United States Congress, from 1845 to 1847. Young later served several terms in the Kentucky State House of Representatives between 1858 and 1864.

Young came from a political family, being the brother of William Singleton Young and an uncle to John Young Brown.

Outside of his political career, Young practiced medicine, having studied that subject at the University of Louisville. Young owned slaves.