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Rh his attention to agriculture. After filling various municipal offices in his native town, he was elected to the legislature in 1835, and after serving two vears was returned as senator from Essex county. He held this office for four years, and during the latter half of the term was president of the senate. Again in 1842 he was a member of the state house of representatives and speaker of that bodv. In 1S42 .Mr. King was elected to congress as a Whig, and he kept his seat until the end of his life, tak- ing an active part in debate in opposition to the war with Mexico. Robert C. Winthrop delivered a memorial address on his death. — His son. Benjamin Flint, lawyer, b. in Danvers, Mass., 12 Oct., 1830 ; d. in Boston, 24 Jan., 1868, entered Harvard in the class of 1848, and afterward practised law in partnership with Joseph Story. At the beginning of the civil war he enlisted in the 44th Massa- chusetts regiment, and in 1863 was an officer in the 18th U. S. colored troops. The following year he was appointed judge-advocate on the staff of Gen. George L. Andrews, and was afterward de- tailed as provost-marshal. He returned to his regiment in 1864, and he was honorably discharged from the service that year, when he resumed his law practice in Boston.

KING, David, physician, b. in Ravnham, Mass., in 1774 ; d. in Newport, R. L, 14 Nov., 1836. He was graduated at Rhode Island college (now Brown university) in 1796, and pursued his medical studies under Dr. James Thatcher, of Plymouth. In 1799 he settled in Newport, R. I., and also held the ap- E ointment of surgeon at Fort Wolcott. Newport arbor. In 1819, during the prevalence of yellow fever, his skill and experience were successfully called into operation in combating that malady, which he considered non-contagious. He was one of the earliest promoters of the Rhode Island medi- cal society, and served as its president from 1830 till 1834. In 1821 he received the degree of M. D. from Brown. — His son, David, physician, b. in Newport, R. I., 12 May, 1812; d. there. 7 March. 1882, was graduated at Brown in 1831, studied medicine with his father and at Jefferson medical college, Philadelphia, and received the degree of M. D. in 1834. He settled in Newport, where he soon secured a large practice, and in 1850-'l, 1872-'4. and 1880, visited Europe for study. He was elected a member of the Rhode Island medical society in 1834, and subsequently served as its president. He was also president of the Newport historical soci- ety, the Rhode Island state board of health, and the Redwood library, and a founder of the American medical association. His collection of several thou- sand rare books was sold at auction in New York in 1884. Many of his literary treasures, consisting chiefly of Americana, bring exceedingly high prices. Among his publications were three Fiske prize es- savs, entitled "Purpura Haemorrhagica " (Boston, 1837); "Cholera Infantum" (Boston, 1837); and "Erysipelas" (Boston. 1840). He also wrote " His- tory of Redwood Library " (Boston, 1860), and an "Historical Sketch of the Island Cemetery Com- pany at Newport, R. I." (1872).

KING, David Bennett, lawyer, b. near Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland co., Pa., 20 June, 1848. He was graduated at Lafayette in 1871, and for the next three years was a tutor there. In 1874-'7 he was adjunct professor, and from 1877 till 1886 professor of Latin. Meanwhile he studied law, being admitted to the bar in 1883, and in 1886 opened an office in New York city. In 1881-'2 he wrote for the Philadelphia " Press " a series of let- ters from England and Ireland. He has contrib- uted largely to periodicals, on topics of govern- ment and political economy, and has published in book-form " The Irish Question " (New York, 1882).

KING, Edward, jurist, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1794: d. there, 8 May, 1873. He was well edu- cated, but without the benefit of a collegiate course, studied law with Charles Chauncey, and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1816. He entered politics early in life, first as a Federalist, and then as a Democrat, and before he was thirty years of age was recognized as one of the leaders of the Demo- cratic party in his state. He became clerk of the orphans' court in 1824, and the next year was ap- pointed president judge of the court" of common pleas, attaining eminence as a jurist, and doing more to establish the system of equity in Pennsylvania than all the judges of the state had done at the time of his retirement. He left the bench in Jan- uary, 1852, and shortly afterward was appointed by the governor on a commission to revise the criminal code of the state, which work was per- formed chiefly by Judge King. The new code, written by him, and reported to the legislature, was adopted almost literally as prepared. Most of the remaining years of his life he passed in travel abroad and in study. He was a member of the American philosophical society, and for many years president of the board of trustees of Jefferson medical college. His decisions are contained in Ashmead's and in Parsons's reports.

KING, Edward, author, b. in Middlefield. Mass., 31 July, 1848. Mr. King was liberally educated, and early began writing for the press. His con- tributions, both of prose and poetry, have been very numerous and cover a wide field, comprising American and foreign topics. He has made a spe- cialty of the physical characteristics and present condition of the southern states and of French sub- jects, having resided for nearly twenty years in Paris. Mr. King acts as Paris correspondent for several American journals, and accompanied the Russian army into the Balkans during the Russo- Turkish war in that capacity. He has published "My Paris, or French Character Sketches" (Bos- ton," 1868) ; " Kentucky's Love " (1872) ; " The Great South'" (Hartford, 1875); " French Political Lead- ers" (New York. 1876); "Echoes from the Orient." poems (London, 1880): "Europe in Storm and Calm" (Springfield, 1885); "The Golden Spike" (Boston, 1885): "A Venetian Lover," poem (London, 1887) ; and " The Gentle Savage " (London, 1888). KING. Gamaliel, architect, b. on Long Island about 1790 : d. about 1865. He learned the trade of a carpenter, but subsequently became a builder, and afterward, by hard study, prepared himself for the professionof architect." In 1846 he offered his foreman, John Kellum, a partnership in his business, which connection lasted until 1860. Mr. King's most important work, apart from Mr. Kel- lum, was the Brooklyn city hall. He is credited by his contemporaries" with " a good deal of clever- ness, great industry, and a touch of genius."

KING, Horatio, postmaster-general, b. in Paris, Oxford co., Me., 21 June, 1811. His grandfather, George King, fought in the war of the Revolution. Horatio received a common-school education, and at the age of eighteen entered the office of the Paris, Me., " Jeffersonian," where he learned printing, afterward becoming owner and editor of the paper. In 1833 he moved it to Portland, where he published it until 1 Jan., 1838. In 1839 he went to Washington, D. C, having been appointed clerk in the post-office department, and was gradually promoted. In 1854 he was appointed first assistant postmaster-general, and in January, 1861, while acting as postmaster- general, he was ques-