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King, James Wilson

naval engineer, author, was born in Maryland. He is a naval engineer, chief of the bureau of steam engineering in 1869-73; and the author of European Ships of War; and The War Ships and Navies of the World.

King, John

congressman, was born in 1775. He served in congress as a representative from New York from 1831 to 1833. He died Sept. 1, 1836, in New Lebanon, N. Y.

King, John A

agriculturist, state senator, congressman, governor, was born Jan. 3, 1788, in New York. He was a member of the New York assembly from 1819 to 1821; was again elected in 1832 and in 1840 from Queens county; and in 1823 was elected to the state senate. was a representative in congress from New York from 1849 το 1851; and was governor of New York from 1856 to 1858.

He died July 7, 1867, in Jamaica, L. I.

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King, John Crookshanks

sculptor, was born Oct. 11, 1806, in Scotland.

From 1837 till 1840 he resided in New Orleans, modeling busts of public men and making cameo likenesses. He died April 21, 1882, in Boston, Mass.

King, John Pendleton

United States senator, was born April 3, 1799, near Glasgow, Ky. He was a senator in congress from Georgia from 1833 to 1837.

He died March 19, 1888, in Augusta, Ga.

King, Jonas

missionary, author, was born July 29, 1792, in Boston, Mass. He was congregational missionary in Greece who has lived at Athens since 1831.

He was the author of Classical Greek, French, and Arabic; The Defence of Jonas King; Exposition of an Apostolic Church; Hermeneutics of the Sacred Scriptures; Sermons; Synoptical View of Palestine; and Miscellaneous Works.

He died May 22, 1869, in Athens, Greece.

King, Joshua Ingersoll

state senator, was born in 1801, in Ridgefiera, Conn. He represented his district as senator in the Connecticut legislature of 1849. He died July 30, 1887, in Ridgefield, Conn.

King, Louise Woodward

author, was born July 6, 1850, in Sand Hills, Maine. She established in Georgia the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and was the founder of the Louise King Home for widows in Augusta. She contributed several sketches and poems to periodicals. She died Dec. 7, 1878, in Augusta, Ga.

King, Mitchell

educator, lawyer, jurist, lecturer, author, was born June 8, 1783, in Scotland. He was judge of the Charleston city court in 1819, and again in 1842-44. In 1830-32 he was an active opponent of nullification. He was the author of many essays and addresses, including one before the state agricultural society at Columbia on The Culture of the Olive. He died Nov. 12, 1862, in Flat Rock, N. C.

King, Perkins

lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born Jan. 12, 1784, in New Marlborough, Mass. In 1826 he was made judge of Greene county; and held the position until 1850. served two terms in the state legislature; and was a representative in congress from New York from 1829 to 1831. He died Nov. 29, 1875, in Greene county, N. Y.

King, Preston

lawyer, journalist, congressman, United States senator, was born Oct. 14, 1806, in Ogdensburg, N. Y.

He was a member of the New York legislature from 1835-38; was a representative in congress from New York from 1843 to 1847, and again from 1849 to 1853.

In 1857 he was elected a senator in congress, which position he retained until 1863. He was drowned Nov. 12, 1865, in the Hudson river.