William S. King

William Smith King ( born December 16, 1828 in Malone, Franklin County, New York, † February 24, 1900 in Minneapolis, Minnesota ) was an American politician. Between 1875 and 1877 he represented the state of Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William King attended the common schools and then worked in agriculture. Later he moved to the Otsego County, where he worked for several insurance companies. In 1852, he joined as editor of the newspaper "Free Democrat " in Cooperstown also in the newspaper business. In 1858 he moved to Minneapolis. There he worked in both the agriculture and as a journalist. In the years 1861 to 1865 and again from 1867 to 1873, he headed the Post Office of the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1874 he was entrusted by Congress with the monitoring of locks and wood processing in the second congressional district of Minnesota.

King was a member of the Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1874 he was in the third district of Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John T. Averill on March 4, 1875. Since he resigned in 1876 to run again, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1877. After his time in the House, King returned to Minneapolis. There he was active in various fields. He was involved among other things in the railway business. There are indications that he was one of the founders of the tram from Minneapolis. In the 1870s, he built a large farm in the vicinity of Minneapolis. There he bred different breeds of cattle. William King died on February 24, 1900 in Minneapolis and was also buried there.

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