Perkins King

Perkins King (January 12, 1784 – November 29, 1875) was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician from New York. Active in politics as a Democratic-Republican, Jacksonian, and Democrat, he served one term as a United States Representative from 1829 to 1831.

Perkins King
From 1884's History of Greene County, New York
Member of the United States House of Representatives
In office
March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
Preceded bySelah R. Hobbie
Succeeded byErastus Root
ConstituencyNew York's 11th congressional district
First Judge of the Greene County, New York Court
In office
1838–1847
Preceded byDorrance Kirtland
Succeeded byLyman Tremain
Member of the New York State Assembly
In office
January 1, 1827 – January 31, 1827
Serving with William Tuttle
Preceded byAddison Porter, Williams Seaman
Succeeded byElisha Bishop, William Faulkner Jr.
ConstituencyGreene County
Personal details
Born
Perkins King

(1784-01-12)January 12, 1784
New Marlborough, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedNovember 29, 1875(1875-11-29) (aged 91)
Freehold, New York, U.S.
Resting placeSnyder Cemetery, Freehold, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
Jacksonian
Democratic
Spouse(s)Polly Jackson (m. 1812)
Althea Barnes (m. 1852)
Children7
ProfessionAttorney

Biography

King was born in New Marlborough, Massachusetts on January 12, 1784, a son of Amos King and Lucy (Perkins) King.[1] He was educated in New Marlborough, and moved to Greenville, New York in 1802.[2]

Business career

After moving to New York, King studied law, and was admitted to the bar.[3] He also became involved in business ventures, including a woolen mill.[4]

Political career

Active in politics as a Democratic-Republican,[5] Jacksonian,[6] and Democrat,[7] he served as Greenville's town clerk in 1815, and was town supervisor from 1817 to 1820.[8] He was a justice of the peace from 1818 to 1822.[9] He was appointed a judge of the Greene County Court in 1823 and served until becoming First Judge in 1838.[10] He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Greene Co.) in 1827.[9]

Congress

King was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831).[3] He did not run for reelection in 1830.[3]

Later career and death

He served as First Judge of the Greene County Court from 1838 to 1847.[11]

King died in Freehold, New York, November 29, 1875.[12] He was interred in Freehold's Snyder Cemetery.[13]

Family

In 1812, King married Polly Jackson, who died in 1849.[4] In 1852 he married Althea Barnes, who died in 1867.[4] With his first wife, King was the father of seven children.[4]

References
  1. King, Cameron Haight (1908). The King Family of Suffield, Connecticut. San Francisco, CA: Walter N. Brunt Co. p. 150. ISBN 9780598561688 – via Google Books.
  2. Joint Committee On Printing, United States Congress (1913). A Biographical Congressional Directory. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 782 – via Google Books.
  3. Joint Committee On Printing, p. 782.
  4. King, p. 220.
  5. "Republican State Convention". The Onondaga Standard. Syracuse, NY. September 15, 1830. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "New-York Election". Litchfield Enquirer. Litchfield, CT. November 18, 1830. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "From the Catskill Recorder: Cairo, the political centre of our county, presented on the 4th an animated scene". The Evening Post. New York, NY. July 11, 1834. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Bogardus, Hiram (1884). "History of Greene County, New York: Greenville". Rootsweb.com. New York, NY: J. B. Beers and Co. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  9. Bogardus.
  10. King, p. 342.
  11. History of Greene County, New York. New York, NY: J. B. Beers & Co. 1884. p. 34 – via Google Books.
  12. "Recent Deaths: Perkins King". Boston Evening Transcript. Boston, MA. December 2, 1875. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. Spencer, Thomas E. (1998). Where They're Buried. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Company. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-8063-4823-0 – via Google Books.

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