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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyJames Gore KING
(1791-1853)
KING, James Gore, (son of
Rufus King and brother of John Alsop King), a Representative from
New Jersey; born in New York City May 8, 1791; pursued classical
studies in England and France; returned to United States; was
graduated from Harvard University in 1810; studied law at the
Litchfield Law School; served in the War of 1812 as assistant
adjutant general of New York Militia; engaged in mercantile
pursuits in New York City in 1815 and in banking in Liverpool,
England, in 1818; returned to New York City in 1824 and engaged in
banking, with residence in Weehawken, N.J.; president of the Erie
Railroad in 1835; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress
(March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851); declined to be a candidate for
renomination in 1850; resumed the banking business; died at his
country place, “Highwood,” near Weehawken, N.J.,
October 3, 1853; interment in the churchyard of Grace Church,
Jamaica, N.Y.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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