Representative Don Young at the August 26, ... Donald Edwin Young was born June 9, 1933 in Sutter County, California, about 50 miles north of Sacramento. His family had a ranch.

Donald Edwin Young was born on June 9, 1933, in Meridian, California, a Central Valley farming town along the Sacramento River. He was the youngest of three children of James and Nora (Bucy) Young.

“Donald Edwin Young was larger than life, both bellicose and beloved, revered and feared,” House Chaplain Margaret Kibben said in her eulogy for the Republican, who died March 18 at age 88.

Don Young is the rare Republican who’s not afraid of Trump — or of saying he needs to ‘shut up’ December 2, 2021 Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) on the opening day of the 117th Congress on Jan. 3.