   thumb stephen marvin young (may 4, 1889december 1, 1984) was an american politician of the democratic party from ohio. he was a united states senator from ohio from 1959 until 1971. ==biography== he was born in norwalk, ohio, the fourth and youngest child of stephen marvin young and isabella margaret wagner. he and his father were namesakes of his great-grandfather, stephen marvin (1797-1868), the first pioneer of shelby, ohio. young received a law degree from case western reserve university school of law in cleveland, ohio in 1911. young served as an ohio state representative from 1913 to 1917, and as an assistant prosecutor of cuyahoga county, ohio, from 1917 to 1918. he then served in the u.s. army during world war i. in 1919, he returned to the cuyahoga county prosecutor's office. in 1922, young ran for the office of ohio attorney general and lost. in 1930, he ran for the nomination to be the democratic candidate for governor of ohio but lost to fellow democrat george white, who went on to win the governorship. from 1931 to 1932, young served on the ohio commission on unemployment insurance. in 1932, young was elected to the u.s. house of representatives. he was re-elected to his house seat in 1934. in 1936, instead of running for re-election to the house, young ran for governor of ohio again. this time, he lost the democratic nomination to incumbent gov. martin davey, george white's successor. from 1937 to 1939, young served as special counsel to the attorney general of ohio. in 1940, young was again elected to the u.s. house of representatives, one of two at-large representatives elected that year (the other being republican george h. bender). losing that race were democrat francis w. durbin and republican l. l. marshall. however, in 1942, young failed in his re-election bid, losing to bender. during world war ii, from 1943 to 1946, young served in the u.s. army, entering as a major and being discharged as a lieutenant colonel. he returned to practicing law in cleveland and [[washington, 
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