Isaac Daniel Young (March 29, 1849 – December 10, 1927) was a

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from

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. Born near

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, Young attended high school and

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in Iowa and began teaching at the age of fifteen, continuing in that profession for ten years. He moved to

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, in 1874 and settled on a homestead in Turkey Creek Township. He engaged in agricultural pursuits for eleven years. Superintendent of public instruction of

from 1876 to 1880. He served as member of the State senate 1884-1888. He moved to

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, in 1885. He studied law. He was

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in 1889 and commenced practice in

. He was again a member of the State senate 1904-1908. Young was elected as a

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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

, until his death on December 10, 1927.https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/isaac-daniel-young/16969 He was interred in Elmwood Cemetery.

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