Donald Edwin Young was an American politician in Alaska. He was the longest-serving Republican in House history, having been the U.S. representative for Alaska's at-large congressional district for 49 years, from 1973 until his death in 2022.
Official portrait, c. 1990s
Young speaking at the Juneau-Douglas High School library during the 1972–1973 school year
Young with President Richard Nixon and Jack Coghill in 1973
Young with President Gerald Ford and U.S. Senator Ted Stevens in 1975
Alaska's at-large congressional district
Since becoming a U.S. state in 1959, Alaska has been entitled to one member in the United States House of Representatives, elected in the state's sole, at-large congressional district. By area, Alaska's congressional district is the largest congressional district in the United States and the third-largest electoral district represented by a single member in the world, behind only Yakutsk district in Russia and Nunavut's sole electoral district in Canada.
Image: Ralph Julian Rivers
Image: Howard Wallace Pollock
Image: Don Young, official 115th Congress photo portrait
Image: Mary Peltola Congressional Member Portrait (2)