American politician
Edward King
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In office
1830?1831
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Preceded by
| Duncan McArthur
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Succeeded by
| Anthony Walke
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In office
December 3, 1827 ? December 6, 1829
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Preceded by
| David Higgins
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Succeeded by
| Thomas L. Hamer
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In office
1825?1829
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In office
1823?1824
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Born
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1795-03-13
)
March 13, 1795
Albany, New York
, US
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Died
| February 6, 1836
(1836-02-06)
(aged 40)
Cincinnati, Ohio
, US
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Resting place
| Grandview Cemetery
,
Chillicothe, Ohio
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Political party
| National Republican
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Spouse
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Children
| Rufus King
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Parent(s)
| Rufus King
Mary Alsop King
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Relatives
| John Alsop
(grandfather)
John Alsop King
(brother)
Charles King
(brother)
James Gore King
(brother)
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Alma mater
| Columbia University
Litchfield Law School
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Edward King
(March 13, 1795 – February 6, 1836) was an American politician and lawyer. He was an
Ohio
legislator and twice
Speaker
of the
Ohio House of Representatives
, and was on the first faculty of the
Cincinnati Law School
.
Early life
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Edward King was born at
Albany, New York
on March 13, 1795. He was the fourth son of the Honorable
Rufus King
(1755?1827), who was then a
Senator
,
[1]
and Mary (
nee
Alsop) King. His maternal grandparents were
John Alsop
, a prominent merchant and Mary (nee Frogat) Alsop.
[2]
He had four brothers, including
John Alsop King
, the
Governor of New York
,
Charles King
, who was President of
Columbia University
,
James Gore King
, a
U.S. Congressman
, and Frederic Gore King.
[3]
[4]
[5]
His father became the
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain
in 1796, and Edward spent his early youth in London.
[6]
He returned to the United States and graduated from
Columbia University
and from law school in
Litchfield, Connecticut
.
[6]
Career
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In 1815, he moved to
Chillicothe, Ohio
, and was
admitted to the bar
in 1816.
[6]
[7]
He acquired a good practice, and personal popularity. He also held several elected offices while living in Chillicothe. He was Prosecuting Attorney of
Ross County
in 1819.
[6]
In 1823?1824, he represented his county in the
Ohio House of Representatives
in the 22nd General Assembly.
[8]
In 1825, he was again Prosecuting Attorney,
[6]
and was again in the Ohio House December 1825 - 1829 for the 24th through 27th General Assemblies,
[9]
serving as Speaker of the House in the 26th and 27th General Assemblies.
[10]
In 1830, for the 29th General Assembly, he represented his county in the
Ohio Senate
.
[10]
During the 1830-1831 Assembly, he lost election for
United States Senator
to
Thomas Ewing
.
[11]
He was affiliated with the
National Republican Party
.
[12]
In 1831, Edward King moved to
Cincinnati
, where he was instrumental in establishing Cincinnati Law School, the first law school in the West, in 1833.
[6]
[7]
The first professors were King, Judge
John C. Wright
, and
Judge Timothy Walker
, who served as Dean.
[13]
Personal life
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In 1816, King married Sarah Ann Worthington (1800?1877), second daughter of
Governor
and U.S. Senator
Thomas Worthington
. Edward and Sarah King were parents of:
[14]
In 1834, King fell ill, moved to the South, in search of a gentler climate, and returned to Cincinnati where he died on February 6, 1836.
[6]
He was buried at
Grandview Cemetery (Chillicothe, Ohio)
.
After his death, King's widow, Sarah Ann, married
William Peter
, an English born diplomat who served as the Britannic Majesty's Consul at
Philadelphia
. Peter died in 1853 and Sarah Ann, widowed again, became a devout convert to the
Roman Catholic
faith. She traveled frequently to Europe, and became a friend of
Pope Pius IX
, attending the
First Vatican Council
. Sarah died in 1877 in Cincinnati.
[14]
Notes
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- ^
Passos, John Dos (2011).
The Men Who Made the Nation: Architects of the Young Republic 1782?1802
. New York: Knopf Doubleday Publishing. p. 480.
- ^
McKenney, Janice E. (2012).
Women of the Constitution: Wives of the Signers
. Lanham: Rrowman & Littlefield. p. 98.
- ^
York, Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New (1905).
The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York: History, Customs, Record of Events, Constitution, Certain Genealogies, and Other Matters of Interest. V. 1-
. The Saint Nicholas Society.
- ^
McKenney, Janice E.; The District of Columbia Daughters of the American Revolution (2013).
Women of the Constitution: Wives of the Signers
.
Rowman & Littlefield
. pp. 97?103.
ISBN
9780810884984
.
- ^
"The Founding Fathers: Massachusetts"
.
The Charters of Freedom
. Archives.gov
. Retrieved
February 2,
2015
.
- ^
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
Evans 1917
: 172-173
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a
b
Appleton's 1887
: 544
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Ohio 1917
: 263
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Ohio 1917
: 263, 266
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a
b
Ohio 1917
: 227
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Taylor 1899
: 151
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Bell, William Jr.
(1876).
Annual report of the Secretary of State to the Governor and General Assembly for the year 1875...
Ohio Secretary of State
. p. 55.
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Goss 1912
: 165
- ^
a
b
c
Renick, L W; Fullerton, M D; Nipgen, M P (1896).
Che-le-co-the, glimpses of yesterday: a souvenir of the hundredth anniversary of the founding of Chillicothe, Ohio April 1896
. Chillicothe: Knickerbocker Press, New York. pp.
61
?62.
Sarah.
References
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- Evans, Lyle S, ed. (1917).
A standard history of Ross County, Ohio: an authentic narrative of the Past...
Vol. 1. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company.
- Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John (1887).
"Rufus King"
.
Appleton's cyclopædia of American biography
. Vol. 3. p. 544.
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
- Ohio General Assembly
(1917).
Manual of legislative practice in the General Assembly
. State of Ohio.
- Goss, Charles Frederic
(1912).
Cincinnati, the Queen City, 1788-1912
. Vol. 2. Cincinnati: S J Clarke Publishing Company.
- Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899).
Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ...
State of Ohio. p. 151.
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