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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaJohn Pendleton KING
(1799-1888)
Senate Years of Service:
1833-1837Party: Jacksonian; DemocratKING, John Pendleton, a
Senator from Georgia; born in Glasgow, Barren County, Ky., April 3,
1799; moved in infancy with his parents to Bedford County, Tenn.,
and then to Augusta, Ga., in 1815; graduated from Richmond Academy,
Augusta, Ga.; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1819 and
practiced in Augusta; pursued studies in Europe 1822-1824; returned
and continued the practice of law in Augusta, Ga., until 1829;
member of the State constitutional conventions in 1830 and 1833;
appointed judge of the court of common pleas in 1831; elected in
1833 as a Jacksonian (later Democrat) to the United States Senate
to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George M. Troup;
reelected in 1834 and served from November 21, 1833, until November
1, 1837, when he resigned; president of the Georgia Railroad &
Banking Co. 1841-1878; railroad promoter and cotton manufacturer;
member of the State constitutional convention in 1865; died in
Summerville, Chattooga County, Ga., March 19, 1888; interment in
St. Paul’s Churchyard, Augusta, Ga.
Bibliography
Dictionary of American Biography; Mellichamp, Josephine.
“John King.” In Senators From Georgia. pp.
107-10. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode Publishers, 1976.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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