J. Arthur Younger

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Jesse Arthur Younger (April 11, 1893 – June 20, 1967) was a United States Representative from California. A member of the Republican Party, he was the first Representative from San Mateo County, California.

Born in Albany, Oregon, Younger graduated from the University of Washington in 1915.

He was elected to Congress in 1952, where he served until his death from leukemia in 1967.

A principal thoroughfare in San Mateo County, State Route 92, was named in Younger's honor, as the "J. Arthur Younger Freeway".

[edit] See also

• U.S. Congressional Delegations from California
• State Route 92

[edit] External links

• Jesse Younger's Congressional Biography

Political offices
Preceded by John J. McFall	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 11th congressional district 1953 – 1967	Succeeded by Pete McCloskey