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  King, Karl C.
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AffiliationRepublican  
  1953-01-01  
 
NameKarl C. King
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Morrisville, Pennsylvania , United States
EmailNone
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Born January 26, 1897
DiedApril 16, 1974 (77 years)
ContributorChronicler
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Sep 21, 2016 11:38pm
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InfoKING, Karl Clarence, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Plevna, Reno County, Kans., January 26, 1897; attended high school in Bucklin, Kans., Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia, Columbia University, New York City, and Wharton School of Business at Philadelphia, Pa.; during the First World War served in the United States Navy; newspaper reporter in Kansas City, New York, and Philadelphia; engaged in farming and the farm supply business at Morrisville, Pa., in 1922; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second Congress, by special election, November 6, 1951, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Albert C. Vaughn; reelected to the two succeeding Congresses and served from November 6, 1951, to January 3, 1957; was not a candidate for renomination in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress; resided on his farm near Morrisville, Pa.; died in Philadelphia, Pa., April 16, 1974; interment in Newtown Cemetery, Newtown, Pa.

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  11/02/1954 PA - District 08 Won 51.24% (+2.48%)
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