Don Young Day
Don Young Day is a day of recognition in the state of Alaska, observed annually on June 9, commemorating Don Young, who served as a member of Alaska's at-large congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from March 6, 1973, until his death on March 18, 2022, at the age of 88, making him the longest-serving Republican member of Congress in U.S. history. == History == Don Young was first elected to Congress in a 1973 special election to fill the seat of Representative Nick Begich, who had been presumed dead following his disappearance in a 1972 plane crash.