Henry Hiram Riley
Henry Hiram Riley (born September 1, 1813 - February 8, 1888) was a lawyer, writer, and state senator in Michigan. He established a law practice in Constantine, Michigan.[1]
Riley was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He was orphaned at 10 and lived with his uncle in New Hartford, New York.[2]
Career[edit]
Riley was the editor of the Seneca Observer in Waterloo, New York, from 1837 until 1842 when he moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan, studied law for six months, and was admitted to the state bar.[3]
He became a prosecuting attorney and served two terms in the state senate.[4] In 1873 he was appointed to the constitutional commission. He was a Democrat.[3]
Riley authored the Puddleford Papers published in Knickerbocker Magazine and then in book form in 1857,[5][6] followed by Puddleford and Its People.
References[edit]
- ^ Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John (30 April 1888). "Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography". Gale Research Company – via Google Books.
- ^ Herringshaw, Thomas William (30 April 2019). "Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States; Illustrated with Three Thousand Vignette Portraits ..." American Publishers' Association – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Michigan Historical Collections". The Commission. April 30, 1908 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Michigan History, Volumes 77-78". Michigan Historical Commission. 1993.
- ^ "Riley, Henry Hiram, 1813-1888 | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.
- ^ Riley, Henry Hiram (April 30, 1857). The Puddleford Papers, Or, Humors of the West. Derby & Jackson – via Internet Archive.