Perkins King
U.S. Congressperson
1784 – 1857
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Who was Perkins King?
Perkins King was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in New Marlborough, Massachusetts, King pursued an academic course. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar. He moved to Greenville, New York, in 1802, where he commenced the practice of law. Town clerk in 1815. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1827.
King was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress. County judge of Greene County 1838-1847. He resumed the practice of law. He died in Freehold, New York, November 29, 1857. He was interred in Snyder Cemetery.
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