Thomas W. Riley (ex-Mayor of Louisville)
b. 1804? d. 1872-12-27
Louisville, Kentucky, attorney. Bullitt County, Kentucky, native. Married to Kate F. Riley. Father of William H. Riley. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Bullitt County from 1835 to 1836. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Nelson County, Kentucky, from 1849 to 1850. Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1849 to 1850. Whig presidential elector in 1840. Practiced law in partnership with Peter B. Muir in Bardstown, Kentucky, from 1849 to 1852. Practiced law in partnership with Peter B. Muir in Louisville from 1852 to 1857. Member of the Louisville City Council from 1855 to 1857. Mayor of the City of Louisville from 1858 to 1859. Practiced law in the firm of Riley & Russell in partnership with Samuel Russell in Louisville. Practiced law in the firm of Thomas W. & W. H. Russell in partnership with William H. Riley from 1865 to 1870.
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Bibliography
"Thomas W. Riley" in The Encyclopedia of Louisville, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2001), 763.
Citation
Riley, Thomas W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204253 (November 12, 2026).
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