Isaac D. Young Explained

Isaac D. Young
State1:Kansas
Term Start1:March 4, 1911
Term End1:March 3, 1913
Predecessor1:William Augustus Reeder
Successor1:John R. Connelly
State Senate2:Kansas
District2:33rd
Term2:1904-1908
Preceded2:Hays B. White
Succeeded2:Anson Simonds Cooke
State Senate3:Kansas
District3:29th
Term3:1884-1888
Preceded3:Richard M. Crane
Succeeded3:Orsemus Bentley
Birth Date:29 March 1849
Birth Place:Pleasantville, Iowa, U.S.
Death Place:Beloit, Kansas, U.S.
Party:Republican

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

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Isaac Daniel Young - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society. www.kshs.org.