Bill Young

**Charles William "Bill" Young** (December 16, 1930 – October 18, 2013) was the U.S. Representative for , serving in Congress since 1971.

## Early life

Young was born in Harmarville, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, on December 16, 1930. Young dropped out of St. Petersburg High School to support his ill mother and was wounded in a hunting accident.

## Career

He was a member of the Republican Party, and was at the time of his death the longest-serving Republican member of Congress. He served as chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations from 1999 to 2005 and sat on the Committee until his death.

Young served as a member of the Florida Constitution Revision Commission from 1965 to 1967.  He was also a Florida delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1968, 1972, 1976, and 1984.

## Personal life

In 1985, Young divorced his first wife, with whom he had three children, and married his current wife, Beverly. They have had two children together, Billy, and Patrick, and the couple raised Beverly's son, Robbie, from her first marriage.

## Health

On October 17, 2013, Young's family told the _Tampa Bay Times_ that Young was continuing medical treatment at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center but his "condition turned for the worse overnight and he is gravely ill. Earlier that day, several news sources erroneously reported that Young had died.

### Death

On October 18, 2013, Young died at Walter Reed in Bethesda, Maryland from multiple myeloma. He had been hospitalized for almost two weeks with back problems that resulted from injuries he sustained in a small plane crash in 1970. He was 82 and is survived by his wife and five children.

## Other websites

- Congressman C.W. Bill Young  official U.S. House site
- Bill Young for Congress
- C.W. Bill Young Department of Defense Marrow Donor Program DoD Bone Marrow Donor website

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Bill Young
- **image**: CW Bill Young Portrait.jpg
- **state**: Florida
- **district**: Florida's 13th congressional district, 13th
- **term start**: January 3, 1971
- **term end**: October 18, 2013
- **predecessor**: Vern Buchanan
- **successor**: David Jolly
- **order1**: Chairman of the United States House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Appropriations
- **term start1**: January 3, 1999
- **term end1**: January 3, 2005
- **predecessor1**: Bob Livingston
- **successor1**: Jerry Lewis (California politician), Jerry Lewis
- **state2**: Florida
- **district2**: Florida's 10th congressional district, 10th
- **term start2**: January 3, 1993
- **term end2**: January 3, 2013
- **predecessor2**: Andy Ireland
- **successor2**: Daniel Webster (Florida politician), Daniel Webster
- **state3**: Florida
- **district3**: Florida's 8th congressional district, 8th
- **term start3**: January 3, 1983
- **term end3**: January 3, 1993
- **predecessor3**: Andy Ireland
- **successor3**: Bill McCollum
- **term start4**: January 3, 1971
- **term end4**: January 3, 1973
- **predecessor4**: William C. Cramer, William Cramer
- **successor4**: James Andrew Haley, James Haley
- **state5**: Florida
- **district5**: Florida's 6th congressional district, 6th
- **term start5**: January 3, 1973
- **term end5**: January 3, 1983
- **predecessor5**: Sam M. Gibbons, Sam Gibbons
- **successor5**: Buddy MacKay
- **office6**: Member of the Florida Senate
- **term start6**: 1960
- **term end6**: 1970
- **birth name**: Charles William Young
- **birth place**: Harmarville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- **death place**: Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
- **signature**: CW Bill Young Signature.svg
- **party**: Republican Party (United States), Republican Party
- **spouse**: Beverly Angello (1985 – 2013)
- **children**: Billy, Patrick (Beverly)
- **residence**: Woodbridge, Virginia
Indian Shores, Florida
- **profession**: Insurance, Insurance executive
- **branch**: Army National Guard
- **serviceyears**: 1948–1957
- **rank**:  Master Sergeant#United States, Master Sergeant