William Squire Kenyon

KENYON, DOLLIVER, YOUNG

Posted By: S. Ferrall (email)
Date: 11/23/2004 at 06:21:38

William Squire Kenyon
Republican, of Fort Dodge, Webster county, was born at Elyria, Ohio, June 10, 1869; educated at Iowa College, Grinnell, and law school of the University of Iowa; was prosecuting attorney for Webster county for five years; district judge for two years; assistant to the Attorney General of the United States for one year. He was elected to the United States Senate April 12, 1911, to succeed the Hon Lafayette Young, who was appointed United States Senator November 12, 1910, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. Jonathan P. Dolliver, and took his seat April 24, 1911; was elected January 22, 1913 for the term ending March 3, 1919. Re-elected November 5, 1918, for the term ending March 3, 1925.

-source: Official Register, State of Iowa 1921-1922, Twenty-Ninth Number, Biographies of United States Senators, pg. 317

-transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall (not related to subject)