Riley S. Young | |
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: | 25 September 1860 |
Birth Place: | Sharon, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Death Place: | Janesville, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Restingplace: | Darien Cemetery, |
Children: | none |
Riley S. Young (September 25, 1860June 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.[1]
He was born 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 at the age of 91.[3]
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.