Henry Hiram Riley Explained

Henry Hiram Riley (born September 1, 1813 - February 8, 1888) was a lawyer, writer, and state senator in Michigan. He established a law practice in Constantine, Michigan.[1]

Riley was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He was orphaned at 10 and lived with his uncle in New Hartford, New York.[2]

Career

Riley was the editor of the Seneca Observer in Waterloo, New York, from 1837 until 1842 when he moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan, studied law for six months, and was admitted to the state bar.[3]

He became a prosecuting attorney and served two terms in the state senate.[4] In 1873 he was appointed to the constitutional commission. He was a Democrat.[3]

Riley authored the Puddleford Papers published in Knickerbocker Magazine and then in book form in 1857,[5] [6] followed by Puddleford and Its People.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography. James Grant. Wilson. John. Fiske. 30 April 1888. Gale Research Company. Google Books.
  2. Web site: Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States; Illustrated with Three Thousand Vignette Portraits .... Thomas William. Herringshaw. 30 April 2019. American Publishers' Association. Google Books.
  3. Web site: Michigan Historical Collections. April 30, 1908. The Commission. Google Books.
  4. Web site: Michigan History, Volumes 77-78. Michigan Historical Commission. 1993.
  5. Web site: Riley, Henry Hiram, 1813-1888 | The Online Books Page. onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.
  6. Book: Riley, Henry Hiram. The Puddleford Papers, Or, Humors of the West. April 30, 1857. Derby & Jackson. Internet Archive.

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