Carleton J. King

Carleton James King ( born June 15, 1904 in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York, † 19 November 1977, in Bradenton, Florida ) was an American politician. Between 1961 and 1974 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Carleton King attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent law degree from the Law School of Union University in Albany and his 1926 was admitted to the bar he began to work in Saratoga Springs in this profession. Between 1936 and 1941, he worked as a municipal judge. From 1942 to 1950 he was Deputy and then to 1961 actual district attorney in Saratoga County. Politically, he joined the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1960, King became the 31st electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Dean P. Taylor on January 3, 1961. After six re- election he was able to complete until his resignation on December 31, 1974, almost seven legislative sessions in Congress. From 1963 to 1973 he represented the 30th and then the 29th district of his state. During his time in Congress were, among others, the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement and the Watergate scandal. In 1974 he was not re-elected. His resignation took place three days before the official end of his last term.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Carleton King practiced as a lawyer again. He died on November 19, 1977 in Bradenton.