Background
Young, Newton Clarence was born on January 28, 1862 in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. Son of C. S. and Joanna E. Young.
Young, Newton Clarence was born on January 28, 1862 in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. Son of C. S. and Joanna E. Young.
Bachelor of Arts, State University of Iowa, 1886, Bachelor of Laws, 1887, Master of Arts, 1891.
Began practice law, Bathgate, North Dakota, 1887. State's attorney, Pembina Company, 1892-1896. Candidate for district judge, 1896.
Appointed
August 1898, to fill vacancy in Supreme Court. Elected judge same, 1898, reëlected, 1904, for term expiring 1910. Was chief justice, 1902-1906.
Resigned 1906.
Division council North.P. Railway, since 1906. Regent University of North Dakota, 1906-1914. Author of Shall We Change Our Plan of Government.
Some of the Fallacies of the Initiative, Referendum and Recall.
Married Ida B. Clarke, June 23, 1887.