George Gordon King

George Gordon King ( born June 9, 1807 in Newport, Rhode Iceland, † July 17, 1870 ) was an American politician. Between 1849 and 1853 he represented the first electoral district of the State of Rhode Iceland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

George King was a good education. After leaving school in Newport, he attended Phillips Academy in Andover (Massachusetts ). Then he studied until 1825 at Brown University in Providence. After a subsequent law school in Litchfield (Connecticut ) and its made ​​in 1827 Admitted to the Bar King began his career in Providence and Newport exercise.

Politically, he was a member of the early 1830s, founded the Whig Party. From 1845 to 1846 he was a member and President of the House of Representatives of Rhode Iceland. In the congressional elections of 1848 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he replaced Robert B. Cranston on March 4, 1849. After a re-election in 1850 he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1853 two legislative sessions. In the elections of 1852 he was defeated by Democrat Thomas Davis. George King was the last Whig Congressman from Rhode Iceland.

After the end of his time in Congress to King withdrew from politics and devoted himself to his private affairs. He died in July 1870 in his birthplace, Newport.