Edward King1 
b. 13 March 1795, d. 6 February 1836
Edward King|b. 13 Mar 1795\nd. 6 Feb 1836|p7029.htm|Rufus King|b. 24 Mar 1755\nd. 29 Apr 1827|p7000.htm|Mary Alsop|b. 17 Oct 1769\nd. 6 Jun 1819|p7001.htm|Richard King|b. c 1718\nd. 27 Mar 1775|p6995.htm|Isabella Bragdon|b. 8 Apr 1731\nd. 19 Oct 1759|p6996.htm|John Alsop|||Mary Frogat|||
2nd cousin 3 times removed of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
2nd cousin 5 times removed of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Fairfield and Allied Families
Edward King was born on 13 March 1795 in New York City, New York.2 He was the son of Rufus King and Mary Alsop.1 He died on 6 February 1836 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, at age 40.1,2
He married a daughter of Governor Worthington, and greatly distinguished himself as Speaker of the Ohio Senate. He was defeated by only a single vote as a candidate for United States Senator in the caucus of his party that elected Ewing at his first term. It is said that Henry Clay has left it recorded as having given his unqualified opinion that "Edward King was the most eloquent speaker he ever heard."3 He was a lawyer and state legislator. He was several times elected to each branch of the Ohio legislature, and for two sessions was Speaker of the House. He attained success at the bar, and was instrumental in forming the Cincinnati Law School in 1833.2
He married a daughter of Governor Worthington, and greatly distinguished himself as Speaker of the Ohio Senate. He was defeated by only a single vote as a candidate for United States Senator in the caucus of his party that elected Ewing at his first term. It is said that Henry Clay has left it recorded as having given his unqualified opinion that "Edward King was the most eloquent speaker he ever heard."3 He was a lawyer and state legislator. He was several times elected to each branch of the Ohio legislature, and for two sessions was Speaker of the House. He attained success at the bar, and was instrumental in forming the Cincinnati Law School in 1833.2
Citations
- [S707] John King of Boston MA, online http://members.tripod.com/~loupero/famous1.htm
- [S710] Thomas William Herringshaw, Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century (Chicago, IL: American Publishers' Association, 1902), 556.
- [S761] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register; (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001), (Orig. Pub. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 148 vols., 1847-1994) 21:378.
