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

Biography

Young was born on September 25, 1860 in 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.

Young died on June 28, 1952 at the age of 91.[3]

Political career

Young was first elected to the Assembly in 1916. He would later be chosen as Speaker for the 1919 and 1921 sessions.[4] 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. ^ Assembly, Wisconsin Legislature (1953). In Assembly. State Printer.
  4. ^ Nancy Weatherly Sharp; 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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