Thomas W. Riley
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Thomas W. Riley was the twelfth Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky
from 1858 to 1859. Riley was a prominent lawyer and member of the Whig Party
, elected to the Kentucky General Assembly
, serving as Speaker of the House from 1849 to 1850.
His law firm moved to Louisville in 1852. He was elected to the city council in 1855 and 1857. His firm dissolved when he was elected Circuit Court judge in 1857. On May 14, [1857 Riley was elected by the council to fill the position of mayor after William S. Pilcher
fell too ill to continue on. Pilcher died on August 14 of that year and Riley served until April 2, 1859.
After his term expired, he returned to practicing law from 1865 to 1870. He died in Bullitt County, Kentucky
in 1872.
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
from 1858 to 1859. Riley was a prominent lawyer and member of the Whig Party
Whig Party (United States)
The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
, elected to the Kentucky General Assembly
Kentucky General Assembly
The Kentucky General Assembly, also called the Kentucky Legislature, is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Kentucky.The General Assembly meets annually in the state capitol building in Frankfort, Kentucky, convening on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January...
, serving as Speaker of the House from 1849 to 1850.
His law firm moved to Louisville in 1852. He was elected to the city council in 1855 and 1857. His firm dissolved when he was elected Circuit Court judge in 1857. On May 14, [1857 Riley was elected by the council to fill the position of mayor after William S. Pilcher
William S. Pilcher
William Stanton Pilcher was the eleventh mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, serving from 1857 to 1858.Pilcher was born in Stafford County, Virginia to a wealthy manufacturing family...
fell too ill to continue on. Pilcher died on August 14 of that year and Riley served until April 2, 1859.
After his term expired, he returned to practicing law from 1865 to 1870. He died in Bullitt County, Kentucky
Bullitt County, Kentucky
As of the census of 2000, there were 61,236 people, 22,171 households, and 17,736 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 23,160 housing units at an average density of...
in 1872.