William S. King

William S. King

William Smith King (born December 16, 1828 in Malone , Franklin County , New York , †  February 24, 1900 in Minneapolis , Minnesota ) was an American politician . Between 1875 and 1877 he represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William King attended the public schools in his homeland and then worked in agriculture. He later moved to Otsego County , where he worked for several insurance companies. In 1852 he went into the newspaper business as editor of the newspaper "Free Democrat" in Cooperstown . In 1858 he moved to Minneapolis. There he worked both in agriculture and as a journalist. From 1861 to 1865 and again from 1867 to 1873 he headed the postal administration of the US House of Representatives. In 1874, he was appointed by Congress to oversee the locks and wood processing in Minnesota's second congressional electoral district.

King was a member of the Republican Party . In the congressional election of 1874 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the third district of Minnesota , where he succeeded John T. Averill on March 4, 1875 . Since he refused to run again in 1876, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1877. After serving in the House of Representatives, King returned to Minneapolis. There he worked in various areas. Among other things, he was involved in the railroad business and in founding the trams in Minneapolis. In the 1870s, he built a large farm near Minneapolis. There he raised various breeds of cattle. William King died on February 24, 1900 in Minneapolis and was buried there.

Web links

• William S. King in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William S. King in the database of Find a Grave (English)