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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsDaniel Putnam KING
(1801-1850)
KING, Daniel Putnam, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Danvers, Mass., January
8, 1801; pursued classical studies and was graduated from Harvard
University in 1823; studied law, but did not practice; engaged in
agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of representatives
in 1836 and 1837; served in the State senate 1838-1841, and was its
president in 1840; again a member of the State house of
representatives in 1843 and 1844 and served as speaker in the
latter year; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth and to the
three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1843, until
his death in South Danvers, Mass., July 25, 1850; chairman,
Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Twenty-eighth
Congress), Committee on Accounts (Twenty-ninth through Thirty-first
Congresses), Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Thirtieth
Congress); interment in King Cemetery, Peabody, Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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