Douglas Y. Yongue

Dr.
Douglas Yongue
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
In office
January 1, 1993 – January 1, 2011
Preceded byDaniel Howard DeVane
John Calvin Hasty
Adolph Dial
Succeeded byGaston (G. L.) Pridgen[1]
Constituency16th District (1993-2003)
46th District (2003-2011)
Personal details
Born
Douglas Yates Yongue Sr.

(1937-03-20)March 20, 1937
Lumberton, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedMarch 21, 2019 (aged 82)
Laurinburg, North Carolina, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Residence(s)Laurinburg, North Carolina, U.S.

Douglas Yates Yongue Sr. (March 20, 1937 – March 21, 2019) was an American Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's forty-sixth House district,[2] including constituents in Hoke, Robeson and Scotland counties. A retired educator from Laurinburg, North Carolina,[3] Yongue served for 8 terms before being defeated by Gaston (G. L.) Pridgen when running for his 9th term.[2][3][4]

Yongue previously served on the following General Assembly committees: Appropriations (Chairman); Education (Member); Education Subcommittee on Education (Member); Ethics (Vice-Chairman); Federal Relations and Indian Affairs (Member); Rules, Calendar and Operations of the House (Member); State Personnel (Member). Yongue died on March 21, 2019, in Laurinburg, at the age of 82.[5]

  1. ^ "Representative G. L. Pridgen (Rep)". North Carolina General Assembly. Archived from the original on April 7, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  2. ^ a b "NC house elections results 2010 district 46". WRAL.com. Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  3. ^ a b Hensley, Matthew (February 22, 2011). "First day filings". Laurinburg Exchange. Archived from the original on August 19, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
  4. ^ "North Carolina manual [serial]".
  5. ^ "Douglas Yongue Obituary (1937 - 2019) - Laurinburg, NC - The News & Observer". Legacy.com. Retrieved March 9, 2024.