Riley S. Young

Riley S. Young was Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly.[1]

Biography

Young was born on September 25, 1860 in or near Sharon, Wisconsin. He graduated from high school in Delavan, Wisconsin in 1879. On April 11, 1888, he married Elizabeth Williams.[2] Young eventually worked for the Hartford Fire Insurance Company.

Political career

Young was first elected to the Assembly in 1916. He would later be chosen as Speaker for the 1919 and 1921 sessions.[3] Previously, he had been Town Clerk of Darien (town), Wisconsin from 1887 to 1894. Young was a Republican.

References

  1. ↑ "BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES". Wisconsin Blue Book 1919. p. 505. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
  2. ↑ "BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.". Wisconsin Blue Book 1917. p. 553. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
  3. ↑ Nancy Weatherly Sharp and James Roger Sharp, eds. (1997). American Legislative Leaders in the Midwest, 1911-1994. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 246. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
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