John Pendleton KING, Congress, GA (1799-1888)

KING, 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.

Bibliography

Dictionary of American Biography; Mellichamp, Josephine. “John King.” In Senators From Georgia. pp. 107-10. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode Publishers, 1976.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present