Adam King

Adam King (born January 20, 1783 in York , Pennsylvania , †  May 6, 1835 there ) was an American politician . Between 1827 and 1833 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Adam King enjoyed an academic education. After a subsequent medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and his approval as a doctor, he began working in this profession in York. Between 1818 and 1835 he also published the York Gazette ; from 1818 to 1826 he was a clerk in the courts of York County . In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future US President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party founded by this in 1828 .

In the 1826 congressional election , King was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the tenth constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded James S. Mitchell on March 4, 1827 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1833 . Since President Jackson took office in 1829, there has been heated debate inside and outside of Congress about its policies. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act , the conflict with the state of South Carolina , which culminated in the nullification crisis , and the banking policy of the president.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Adam King practiced as a doctor again in York. He died there on May 6, 1835. The autopsy suggested suicide as the cause of death.

Web links

• Adam King in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
James S. Mitchell	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (10th constituency) March 4, 1827 - March 3, 1833	William Clark