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  King, John Pendleton
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NameJohn Pendleton King
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, Georgia , United States
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Born April 03, 1799
DiedMarch 19, 1888 (88 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Feb 05, 2013 11:01am
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InfoKING, 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.


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