Riley S. Young
{{short description|20th century American politician}}
{{infobox officeholder
|name = Riley S. Young
|image =
|order = 47th
|office = Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
| term_start = January 1919
| term_end = January 1923
| predecessor = Lawrence C. Whittet
| successor = John L. Dahl
|state1 = Wisconsin
|state_assembly1 = Wisconsin
|district1 = Walworth
| term_start1 = January 1, 1917
| term_end1 = January 1, 1923
| predecessor1 = George L. Harrington
| successor1 = Frank E. Lawson
|party = Republican
|birth_date = {{birth date|1860|9|25}}
|birth_place = Sharon, Wisconsin, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1952|6|28|1860|9|25}}
|death_place = Janesville, Wisconsin, U.S.
|restingplace = Darien Cemetery, {{nobreak|Darien, Wisconsin}}
|spouse = {{marriage|Elizabeth Williams|1888|1931|end=died}}
|children = none
}}
Riley S. Young (September 25, 1860{{spaced ndash}}June 28, 1952) was an American pharmacist, banker, and Republican politician. He was the 47th speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1919–1923) and represented Walworth County.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6j1FAQAAMAAJ&q=Riley+S.+Young%2BWisconsin%2Bbiography&pg=PA505|title=BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES|year=1919|publisher=Wisconsin Blue Book 1919|page=505|accessdate=2015-06-23}}
Biography
He was born in Sharon, Wisconsin. He graduated from high school in Delavan, Wisconsin in 1879. On April 11, 1888, he married Elizabeth Williams.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0MBWAAAAYAAJ&q=Riley+S.+Young%2BWisconsin%2Bbiography&pg=PA553|title=BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.|year=1917|publisher=Wisconsin Blue Book 1917|page=553|accessdate=2015-06-23}} Young eventually worked for the Hartford Fire Insurance Company.
Young died at the age of 91.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HUfZAAAAMAAJ&q=Riley+S.+Young&pg=PA72|title=In Assembly|last=Assembly|first=Wisconsin Legislature|date=1953|publisher=State Printer|language=en}}
Political career
Young was first elected to the Assembly in 1916. He would later be chosen as Speaker for the 1919 and 1921 sessions.{{cite book|editor1=Nancy Weatherly Sharp |editor2=James Roger Sharp|title=American Legislative Leaders in the Midwest, 1911-1994|place=Westport, CT|publisher=Greenwood Press|year=1997|page=246|isbn=9780313302145|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uAYnZlEk-iEC&q=Riley+S.+Young%2BWisconsin%2Bbiography&pg=PA246|accessdate=2015-06-23}} Previously, he had been Town Clerk of Darien (town), Wisconsin from 1887 to 1894. Young was a Republican.
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|103007674|Riley S Young}}
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{{s-ttl|title = {{nobreak|Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly}} |years= January 1919{{spaced ndash}}January 1923 }}
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Category:People from Sharon, Wisconsin
Category:Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Category:People from Darien, Wisconsin
Category:20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature
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