Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: des moines , iowa - jr/sr: united states senator - successor: william s. kenyon - party: republican - death date: 15 november 1926 - predecessor: jonathan p. dolliver - term end: april 11 , 1911 - term start: november 12 , 1910 - state: iowa - name: lafayette young - birth date: 10 may 1848 - image: senatorlafayetteyoung.jpg - birth place: eddyville , iowa Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of lafayette young .
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lafayette -lrb- '' lafe '' -rrb- young -lrb- may 10 , 1848november 15 , 1926 -rrb- was a newspaper reporter and editor , and -lrb- briefly -rrb- a republican senator from iowa .young was born in monroe county , iowa .his early education was acquired in the public schools and in printing offices at albia , iowa and des moines , iowa .his first business establishment was a newspaper in atlantic , iowa , which he named the '' telegraph '' .in 1873 , he was elected as a republican to a seat in the iowa state senate representing adair , cass , adams and union counties , and was re-elected in 1877 , and -lrb- after a six-year absence -rrb- in 1885 .in all , he served in the iowa senate from 1874 to 1880 , and 1886 to 1888 .in 1890 young moved to des moines and purchased a daily newspaper known as the '' daily iowa capital '' or -lrb- after 1901 -rrb- the '' des moines capital '' .in 1893 , young was an unsuccessful candidate for the republican nomination for governor of iowa , losing to frank d. jackson .he served as a war correspondent during the spanish -- american war .when iowa senator jonathan p. dolliver died suddenly in october 1910 , young was appointed by iowa governor beryl f. carroll as dolliver 's immediate replacement .soon after his appointment , his position was up for election in the 1911 iowa general assembly , where the republicans held a large majority but were deeply divided among a long list of candidates for young 's seat .the inability of any candidate to receive the required majority of 76 legislators forced the general assembly to re-vote each morning of the session .young was the principal republican opponent of fort dodge attorney william s. kenyon until the 23rd ballot , when young lost most of his support to other candidates .kenyon was ultimately elected on the final day of the session on the 67th ballot .in all , young served in the u.s. senate from november 1910 to april 1911 .after his senate service , young returned to des moines and his newspaper .he again became a...