WASHINGTON — The late Representative Don Young, a Republican of Alaska, the longest-serving member of the incumbent Congress, will walk into the Stateshore Hall of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday.
Young, 88, died March 18 while traveling home in Alaska. His office did not say the cause of death.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and minority leader Kevin McCarthy, Republican of California, are expected to attend a formal memorial service to honor him.
President Joe Biden is also expected to visit the Capitol on Tuesday afternoon to honor Young, who is resting in the state. Biden’s service in the Senate, from 1973 to 2009, overlapped with Young’s service in the House, in which he served since 1973.
In a statement following Young’s death, Biden said, “There is no doubt that few legislators have made a larger imprint on their state. Don’s legacy lives on in the infrastructure projects he was happy to steer across Alaska. In the opportunities he offered his constituents. In the enhanced protections of the indigenous tribes he championed.” about her. And his legacy will live on in the America I love.”
Young was the longest-serving Republican member of Congress.
“For five decades, he’s been an institution in the hallowed halls of Congress: a serious lawmaker who always brings people together to do the people’s work,” Pelosi said posthumously. Portraits of him with ten presidents from both parties who have signed his bills proudly covering the walls of his Rayburn office are a testament to his longevity and legislative prowess.”
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