| Perkins King | |
| Office1: | Member of the United States House of Representatives |
| Term Start1: | March 4, 1829 |
| Term End1: | March 3, 1831 |
| Predecessor1: | Selah R. Hobbie |
| Successor1: | Erastus Root |
| Constituency1: | New York's 11th congressional district |
| Office2: | First Judge of the Greene County, New York Court |
| Term Start2: | 1838 |
| Term End2: | 1847 |
| Predecessor2: | Dorrance Kirtland |
| Successor2: | Lyman Tremain |
| Office3: | Member of the New York State Assembly |
| Term Start3: | January 1, 1827 |
| Term End3: | January 31, 1827 |
| Predecessor3: | Addison Porter, Williams Seaman |
| Successor3: | Elisha Bishop, William Faulkner Jr. |
| Constituency3: | Greene County |
| Alongside3: | William Tuttle |
| Birth Date: | 12 January 1784 |
| Birth Place: | New Marlborough, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Freehold, New York, U.S. |
| Resting Place: | Snyder Cemetery, Freehold, New York, U.S. |
| Party: | Democratic-Republican Jacksonian Democratic |
| Spouse: | Polly Jackson (m. 1812) Althea Barnes (m. 1852) |
| Children: | 7 |
| Birth Name: | Perkins King |
| Profession: | Attorney |
Perkins King (January 12, 1784 – November 29, 1875) was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician from New York. Active in politics as a Democratic-Republican, Jacksonian, and Democrat, he served one term as a United States Representative from 1829 to 1831.
King was born in New Marlborough, Massachusetts on January 12, 1784, a son of Amos King and Lucy (Perkins) King.[1] He was educated in New Marlborough, and moved to Greenville, New York in 1802.[2]
After moving to New York, King studied law, and was admitted to the bar. He also became involved in business ventures, including a woolen mill.
Active in politics as a Democratic-Republican,[3] Jacksonian,[4] and Democrat,[5] he served as Greenville's town clerk in 1815, and was town supervisor from 1817 to 1820.[6] He was a justice of the peace from 1818 to 1822. He was appointed a judge of the Greene County Court in 1823 and served until becoming First Judge in 1838. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Greene Co.) in 1827.
King was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831). He did not run for reelection in 1830.
He served as First Judge of the Greene County Court from 1838 to 1847.[7]
King died in Freehold, New York, November 29, 1875.[8] He was interred in Freehold's Snyder Cemetery.[9]
In 1812, King married Polly Jackson, who died in 1849. In 1852 he married Althea Barnes, who died in 1867. With his first wife, King was the father of seven children.