Biographical Sketch of Waller Young, Marion Township, Buchanan County, MO >From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri. ********************************************************************** Waller Young, formerly Senator from the Second District, was born in Bath County, Kentucky in 1843 and remained in that state until ten years of age, when he came to Missouri, locating in Buchanan County, where excepting at short intervals, he has since resided. He attended college at Platte City, Missouri until the commencement of the late war, when he went to Virginia, joined General Marshall's Army and re- mained in the ranks until the last echo of the Southern guns died away. He then returned to Missouri, determined to acquire for himself in the civil walks of life a respectable position, and if energy would accom- plish anything, a prominent place among the people of his State. After graduating at the law school of Louisville, Kentucky he practiced in St. Joseph with marked success. Having a natural propensity for poli- tics, and a clear and discriminating judgement, he early foresaw that the only means whereby the people of Missouri could be relieved from the oppressions of the Radical party was by producing dissensions in their ranks by forming a Liberal party, based upon the principle of enfranchising all citizens of the State without distinction; hence we find him taking an active part in the campaign that elected Brown governor. He was a delegate to the State convention in 1872 and did more to nominate Governor Woodson than any man in the convention. He was appointed private secretary of Governor Woodson, and after serving a short time he resigned. In 1874 he was nominated as a Democratic candidate for the State Senate, and was elected by 1,900 majority, the largest Democratic majority the district ever gave. He was chairman of the Committe on Claims, and a member of the committees on Internal Improvements, Swamp Lands and Lunatic Asylum. Mr. Young bids fair to become one of the most prominent men in the state, and possesses all the qualities essential to a great man, intelligence, capability, principles and honesty. In the past few years he has taken but little active part in politics. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================