Isaac D. Young

Summary

Isaac Daniel Young (March 29, 1849 – December 10, 1927) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.

Isaac D. Young
Norton County News (Norton, Kansas), June 16, 1910
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 6th district
In office
March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913
Preceded byWilliam Augustus Reeder
Succeeded byJohn R. Connelly
Member of the Kansas Senate
from the 33rd district
In office
1904-1908
Preceded byHays B. White
Succeeded byAnson Simonds Cooke
Member of the Kansas Senate
from the 29th district
In office
1884-1888
Preceded byRichard M. Crane
Succeeded byOrsemus Bentley
Personal details
Born(1849-03-29)March 29, 1849
Pleasantville, Iowa, U.S.
DiedDecember 10, 1927(1927-12-10) (aged 78)
Beloit, Kansas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican

Born near Pleasantville, Iowa, Young attended high school and Oskaloosa College in Iowa and began teaching at the age of fifteen, continuing in that profession for ten years. He moved to Mitchell County, Kansas, in 1874 and settled on a homestead in Turkey Creek Township. He engaged in agricultural pursuits for eleven years. Superintendent of public instruction of Mitchell County, Kansas from 1876 to 1880. He served as member of the State senate 1884-1888. He moved to Beloit, Kansas, in 1885. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1889 and commenced practice in Beloit, Kansas. He was again a member of the State senate 1904-1908.

Young was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second Congress (March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913). He was an unsuccessful for reelection in 1912. He resumed the practice of law in Beloit, Kansas, until his death on December 10, 1927.[1] He was interred in Elmwood Cemetery.

References edit

  1. ^ https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/isaac-daniel-young/16969
  • United States Congress. "Isaac D. Young (id: Y000039)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 6th congressional district

1911–1913
Succeeded by