Cyrus King

Cyrus King (born September 6, 1772 in Scarborough , Cumberland County , Province of Massachusetts Bay , †  April 25, 1817 in Saco , Massachusetts ) was an American politician . Between 1813 and 1817 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Cyrus King was a half-brother of US Senator Rufus King (1755-1827). He was born in Scarborough in present-day Maine in 1772 and attended Phillips Academy in Andover and then Columbia College in New York City until 1794 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1797, he began to work in this profession in Saco. In the meantime, he served as the private secretary of his brother Rufus in 1796 when this US envoy was in Great Britain . Cyrus King later also became a major general in the Massachusetts Militia. He was also a co-founder of the Thornton Academy in Saco. Politically, he became a member of the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton in the late 1790s .

In the 1812 congressional election , King was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 14th  constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Richard Cutts on March 4, 1813 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1817 . These were initially shaped by the events of the British-American War . After serving in the US House of Representatives, he returned to Saco, where he died on April 25, 1817.

Web links

• Cyrus King in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Cyrus King in the database of Find a Grave (English)