Henry King (congressman) explained

Henry King
State1:Pennsylvania
District1:8th
Term Start1:March 4, 1833
Term End1:March 3, 1835
Preceded1:Samuel A. Smith
Peter Ihrie, Jr.
Succeeded1:Edward Burd Hubley
State2:Pennsylvania
District2:7th
Term Start2:March 4, 1831
Term End2:March 3, 1833
Preceded2:Joseph Fry, Jr.
Succeeded2:District inactive
Office3:Member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 12th district
Term3:1825-1830
Birth Date:6 July 1790
Birth Place:Palmer, Massachusetts, US
Death Place:Allentown, Pennsylvania, US
Party:Jacksonian

Henry King (July 6, 1790 – July 13, 1861) was an American politician who served as a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1831 to 1833 and Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1833 to 1835.

Biography

King was born in Palmer, Massachusetts. He studied law in New London, Connecticut, and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He was admitted to the bar in 1815 and commenced practice in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 12th district from 1825 to 1830.[1]

King was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1834 to the Twenty-Fourth Congress. He resumed the practice of law after leaving congress. He died in Allentown in 1861 and is interred at the Union-West End Cemetery.

He was the brother of Georgia Congressman Thomas Butler King and uncle of Louisiana Congressman John Floyd King.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - Henry King Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 26 April 2019.