Isaac D. Young

Isaac Daniel Young (born March 29, 1849 in Pleasantville , Iowa , † December 10, 1927 ) was an American politician . Between 1911 and 1913 he represented the sixth constituency of the state of Kansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Isaac Young attended Oskaloosa College in Iowa after high school . He began teaching as a teacher at the age of 15. He held this position for ten years. In 1874 Young moved to Mitchell County . There he worked in agriculture for the next eleven years. Between 1876 and 1880 he was entrusted as a school councilor with the supervision of the public schools in Mitchell County. Politically, Young became a member of the Republican Party . Between 1884 and 1888 and again from 1904 to 1908 he was a member of the Kansas Senate . In 1885 he moved to Beloit . After studying law in the meantime and being admitted to the bar in 1889, he began to practice this profession in Beloit.

In 1910, Young was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the sixth district of Kansas . There he took over from William A. Reeder on March 4, 1911 . But since he was defeated by the Democrat John R. Connelly in the next elections in 1912 , Young could only complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1913 . During this time the 16th amendment to the constitution was passed, which introduced the nationwide income tax. After his time in the federal capital, Young returned to working as a lawyer in Beloit. He died on December 10, 1927.

Web links

• Isaac D. Young in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Isaac D. Young in the database of Find a Grave (English)