Henry King (congressman)

For other people named Henry King, see Henry King (disambiguation).

Henry King
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 8th district
In office March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835
Preceded by	Samuel A. Smith Peter Ihrie, Jr.
Succeeded by	Edward Burd Hubley
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 7th district
In office March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833
Preceded by	Joseph Fry, Jr.
Succeeded by	District inactive
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 12th district
In office 1825-1830
Personal details
Born	(1790-07-06)July 6, 1790 Palmer, Massachusetts, US
Died	July 13, 1861(1861-07-13) (aged 71) Allentown, Pennsylvania, US
Political party	Jacksonian

Henry King (July 6, 1790 – July 13, 1861) was an American politician who served as a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1831 to 1833 and Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1833 to 1835.

Biography

King was born in Palmer, Massachusetts. He studied law in New London, Connecticut, and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He was admitted to the bar in 1815 and commenced practice in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 12th district from 1825 to 1830.

King was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1834 to the Twenty-Fourth Congress. He resumed the practice of law after leaving congress. He died in Allentown in 1861 and is interred at the Union-West End Cemetery.

He was the brother of Georgia Congressman Thomas Butler King and uncle of Louisiana Congressman John Floyd King.

Sources

• United States Congress. "Henry King (id: K000202)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The Political Graveyard