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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriAustin Augustus KING
(1802-1870)
KING, Austin Augustus, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Sullivan County, Tenn.,
September 21, 1802; attended the public schools; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1822 and commenced practice in Jackson,
Tenn.; moved to Columbia, Mo., in 1830 and continued the practice
of law; served as a colonel in the Black Hawk War; member of the
State house of representatives in 1834 and 1836; moved to Richmond,
Mo., in 1837, having been appointed circuit judge of the fifth
circuit, and served until 1848; Governor of Missouri 1848-1853;
unsuccessful candidate for election to the Thirty-third Congress in
1852; resumed the practice of law in Richmond, Mo.; delegate to the
Democratic National Conventions at Charleston and Baltimore in
1860; again circuit judge from 1862 until 1863, when he resigned;
elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4,
1863-March 3, 1865); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1864
to the Thirty-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in
St. Louis, Mo., April 22, 1870; interment in Richmond Cemetery,
Richmond, Ray County, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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