US Congressman, Lawyer, and Judge. He was a United States Representative from the State of New York. He was born one of seven children to Amos King (1748-1831) and his wife, Lucy Perkins King (1753-1827), in New Marlborough, Massachusetts, on January 12, 1784. His siblings included Nancy King (1777-1859, last name later Wright), Barnabas King (1780-1862), Hannah King (1782-1849, last name later Osborne), Cynthia King (1786-1859), DeAlanson King (1788-1844), Charlotte Augusta Matilda King (1790-1851, last name later Cole). He was educated locally in his native New Marlborough, Massachusetts, and pursued an academic course before studying law. He was admitted to the bar and moved to Greenville, New York, in 1802, where he commenced his practice of law shortly thereafter. He also became involved in business pursuits, including opening up and running a woolen mill. He also became interested in politics and served in local political offices as a Member of the Democratic-Republin Party, the Jacksonian Party, and the Democratic Party. He served as Greenville, New York's Town Clerk in 1815, as Greenville, New York's Town Supervisor from 1817 to 1820, and was appointed a Judge of the Greene County, New York, Court beginning in 1823. He also served as a Member of the New York State Assembly while representing the constituency of Greene County, New York, from January 1, 1827, to January 31, 1827. He served alongside William Tuttle in that position, was preceded in office in that position by the outgoing Addison Porter and Williams Seaman, and was succeeded in that position by Elisha Bishop and William Faulkner Jr. He then decided to run for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected to succeed the outgoing United States Representative Selah Reeve Hobbie (1797-1854), on March 4, 1829. A Member of the Jacksonian Party, he then served New York's 11th District (Twenty-First Congress) in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1829, to March 3, 1831. He did not run for reelection in 1830. In total, he was elected in 1828 and did not run for reelection in 1830. Following his time in the United States Congress, he was succeeded in office by the incoming United States Representative Erastus Root (1773-1846) on March 4, 1831. After leaving the United States Congress, he continued serving as a Judge of the Greene County, New York, Court until 1838. He was then appointed to serve as the First Judge of Greene County, New York, from 1838 to 1847. He was preceded in that position by the outgoing Dorrance Kirtland (1770-1840), a United States Representative from the State of New York from March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819, and Lyman Tremain (1819-1878), a United States Representative from the State of New York from March 4, 1873, to March 3, 1875. Following his term as First Judge of the Greene County, New York, Court from 1838 to 1847, he then resumed his practice of law until his retirement. He passed away in Cairo, New York, on November 29, 1875, at the age of 91. Following his death, he was buried in Old Freehold Cemetery in Freehold, New York. He was married twice, first to Polly Jackson King (1785-1849) in 1812 and, second, to Alathea Sanford Barnes King (1797-1867) in 1852. He was the father of seven children, including Lucy Perkins King (1814-1867, last name later Purdy), Harriet King (1819-1895, last name later Sayre), Sarah King (1822-1841), Charles Jackson King (1825-1904), and Edward Perkins King (1831-1831), who passed away as an infant.