Lafayette Young

Lafayette Young

Lafayette Young (born May 10, 1848 in Eddyville , Iowa , †  November 15, 1926 in Des Moines , Iowa) was an American politician ( Republican Party ). He represented the state of Iowa in the US Senate .

Life

After attending village school, Young continued his education at night school in St. Louis , where he learned the printing trade . In 1871 he started the Atlantic Telegraph newspaper and was its editor until 1890. That year he founded another newspaper, Des Moines Capital , for which he worked as an editor until his death. During the Spanish-American War in 1898 he worked as a war correspondent.

politics

Young took his first mandate in 1874 as State Senator from Iowa, which he remained until 1880; In 1886 another two-year term followed in this chamber. In the presidential election in 1908 he was a member of the Electoral College , which William Howard Taft elected as the new president .

After the death of US Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver , Young was appointed as his acting successor. He took his place in the Senate on November 12, 1910, but had to leave Washington on April 11, 1911 after his attempt to be officially elected to this office had failed.

After the political career

In 1915 he went to Europe to report on the First World War . After his return he worked for some time as a Chautauqua teacher. He also served as chairman of the Iowa State Defense Council.

Young also worked as a fundraiser for needy Belgian children. For this commitment he was made a knight of the order of King Leopold II .

Web links

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• Lafayette Young in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Lafayette Young in the database of Find a Grave (English)