Background
Risley, Theodore Granville was born on December 4, 1864 in Mount Carmel, Illinois, United States. Son of Larner Blackman and Mary Jane (Chapman) Risley.
solicitor United States Department of Labor
Risley, Theodore Granville was born on December 4, 1864 in Mount Carmel, Illinois, United States. Son of Larner Blackman and Mary Jane (Chapman) Risley.
Bachelor of Science, Northwestern Normal School, Geneseo, Illinois, 1886. Bachelor of Laws, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, 1888.
Carmel, September 13, 1898. Children-Maynard Chapman, Sherwood Bingham. Began practice at Mount Carmel, 1888.
Local counsel for Southern Railway Company. Vice president American National Bank. Member firm Green & Risley.
Appointed first clerk United States Court, Guthrie, Oklahoma, 1890. Secretary Republican Committee, Oklahoma, 1890. Alternate delegate Republican National Convention, 1892.
Republican presidential elector, 23d Congressional District, Illinois, 1896. Appointed special counsel to comptroller United States Currency, by Charles G. Dawes, 1901, and served under Comptroller W. B. Ridgley. Postmaster, Mount Carmel, 1911.
Member Selective Service Appellate Exemption Board for Eastern District of Illinois, 1917-1918. Became solicitor and acting secretary unites states department of Labor, 1921. Delegate to International Conference for Codification of International Law, The Hague, April 1930.
President United States Housing Corporation, 1931. President Illinois State Society of Washington, District of Columbia, 1931.
Pacifists should be honored because they do not allow us to become complacent about war and violence.
The Bible can be puzzling but it is continually a source of inspiration and direction in lives of people.
Mason. Has delivered numerous addresses on history, political and patriotic subjects.
Married Edith Luella Shaw, of Mount. Children-Maynard Chapman, Sherwood Bingham.