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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaThomas Butler KING
(1800-1864)
KING, Thomas Butler,
(brother of Henry King and father of John Floyd King), a
Representative from Georgia; born in Palmer, Hampden County, Mass.,
August 27, 1800; received private instructions and also attended
Westfield Academy; read law with his brother at Allentown, Pa.; was
admitted to the bar in Philadelphia in 1822 and commenced practice
in Waynesville, Ga., in 1823; settled on St. Simons Island, Ga., in
1826 and engaged in agricultural pursuits; also interested in canal
and railroad projects; member of the State senate in 1832, 1834,
1835, and 1837; delegate to the State constitutional convention in
1833 and to the State Whig conventions in 1835 and 1843;
unsuccessful candidate for election in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth
Congress; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh
Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843); unsuccessful candidate
for reelection in 1842 to the Twenty-eighth Congress; delegate to
the Whig National Convention in 1844; elected to the Twenty-ninth,
Thirtieth, and Thirty-first Congresses and served from March 4,
1845, until his resignation in 1850; chairman, Committee on Naval
Affairs (Thirtieth Congress); appointed by President Fillmore as
collector of the port of San Francisco, Calif., October 14, 1850,
and served until October 1, 1852, when he resigned; returned to St.
Simons Island, Ga.; again a member of the State senate in 1859;
delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Baltimore in
1860; appointed a commissioner of Georgia in 1861 to visit Europe
in the interest of trade, and was a commissioner of the Confederacy
in Europe 1861-1863; died in Waresboro, Ware County, Ga., May 10,
1864; interment in the churchyard of Christ Church, Frederica, St.
Simons Island, Ga.
Bibliography
Steel, Edward M., Jr. T. Butler King of Georgia. Athens:
University of Georgia Press, 1964.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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