John Pendleton King

John Pendleton King ( born April 3, 1799 in Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky, † March 19, 1888 in Summerville, Georgia ) was an American politician of the Democratic Party, who represented the state of Georgia in the U.S. Senate.

John Pendleton King was still an infant when his parents moved with him to Tennessee, where the family lived in Bedford County. In 1815 was followed by a further move to Augusta in Georgia, where the young people at the Academy of Richmond County graduated and studied law. After recording to the bar in 1819, he practiced law in Augusta.

Between 1822 and 1824 King studied in Europe. After his return he worked until 1829 as an attorney in Augusta, before turning to a political career, and in 1830 and again in 1833 took part in the Constitutional Convention of Georgia. In 1831 he was appointed a judge of the trial court of Georgia ( Court of Common Pleas ). Finally he joined in 1833 at the by-election to the mandate of retired U.S. Senator George Troup and was successful, after which he moved to Congress on November 21 this year. In 1834 he succeeded in re-election; However, he completed no complete legislative session, but joined his side on November 1, 1837 also back.

King retired from politics and became a successful businessman. Between 1841 and 1878 he was the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company serving as the president. He also worked in the cotton manufacture. In 1865 he served again as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of Georgia.