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540 tioned by a member of congress from South Caro- lina with regard to the franking privilege. In his reply Mr. King was the first officially to deny the power of a state to separate from the Union. He was then appointed postmaster-general, serving from 12 Feb. until 7 March, 1861. On retiring from office he remained in Washington during the civil war, serving on a board of commissioners to carry into execution the emancipation law in the District of Columbia. Since his retirement from office Mr. King has practised in Washington as an attorney before the executive department and in- ternational commissions. He was active in pro- curing the passage of three acts in 1874, 1879. and 1885 respectively, requiring the use of the official " penalty envelope," which has secured a large sav- ing to the government. He also took an active part in the work of completing the Washington monument, serving as secretary of the Monument society from 1881. Mr. King has been a frequent contributor to the press, and has published " An Oration before the Union Literary Society of Wash- ington " (Washington, D. C, 1841), and " Sketches of Travel ; or, Twelve Months in Europe " (1878). — His son, Horatio Collins, lawyer, b. in Port- land, Me., 22 Dec, 1887, was graduated at Dickin- son in 1858, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in New York city in 1861. He served in the armies of the Potomac and Shenandoah during the civil war from August, 1862, till October, 1865, when he resigned with the rank of brevet-colonel. He then practised law until 1870, when he be- came connected with the press. In 1883 he was appointed judge-advocate-general of New York. He is the author of " The Plymouth Silver Wed- ding" (New York, 1873); " The Brooklyn Congre- gational Council " (1876) ; " King's Guide to Regi- mental Courts-Martial " (1882) ; and edited " Pro- ceedings of the Army of the Potomac " (1879-87).

KING, John, clergyman, b. in England about 1750 ; d. near Raleigh, N. C, about 1830. Nothing is known of his early history prior to his coming to the United States from London in 1769. He was one of the first lay evangelists that assisted in introducing Methodism into this country. The church authorities hesitated when he presented himself for license; but he called a meeting "in the Potter's field," where he preached his first sermon over the graves of the poor. He was after- ward licensed and stationed at Wilmington, Del., whence he removed to Maryland, and was the first to teach the tenets of his sect to the people of Baltimore, often preaching from tables in the streets and suffering much from mob violence. He was subsequently received into the regular itinerancy, was a member of the first conference in 1773, and was appointed to New Jersey. He soon after went to Virginia, and later returned to New Jersey. He " located " during the Revolution, but in 1801-'3 served as an itinerant in Virginia. At the time of his death he was probably the only sur- viving preacher of the ante-Revolutionary period.

KING, John Crookshanks, sculptor, b. in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, 11 Oct., 1806; d. in Boston,* Mass., 21 April, 1882. He was edu- cated as a practical machinist, and, after coming to the United States in 1829, was employed for several years as superintendent of factories in Cin- cinnati and Louisville. In 1834, at the suggestion of Hiram Powers, he made a clay model of his wife's head, and his success encouraged him to adopt the profession of sculptor. From 1837 till 1840 he resided in New Orleans, modelling busts of public men and making cameo likenesses. Subse- quently he removed to Boston. His works include busts of Daniel Webster, John Quincy Adams, Louis Agassiz, and Ralph Waldo Emerson.

KING, John Glen, lawyer, b. in Salem, Mass. 19 March, 1787 ; d. there, 26 July, 1857. He was a descendant of Daniel King, an early settler in Lynn, Mass. Mr. King studied at Harvard with the class of 1807, but did not receive his degree until 1818, having with others left college during what is known as the "grand commons rebellion." He afterward studied law with William Prescott and Judge Story, and was admitted to the bar in 1810. He was a member of both branches of the Massa- chusetts legislature for many years, and also of the executive council. In 1821, while a member of the house of representatives, he rendered impor- tant service in conducting the Prescott impeach- ment case. When the city government of Salem was organized, Mr. King acted as first president of the common council, and prepared the code of rules that is still in use. He was eminent in his pro- fession, and held the offices of master in chancery and commissioner of insolvency for Essex county.

KING, John H., soldier, b. in Michigan about 1818 ; d. in Washington, D. C, 7 April, 1888. He was appointed 2d lieutenant 2 Dec, 1837; 1st lieutenant, 2 March, 1839 ; captain, 31 Oct., 1846 ; and major, 15th infantry, 14 May, 1861. He was stationed in Florida and on the western frontier up to 1846, and was at Vera Cruz in 1847. During the civil war he was in command of battalions of the 15th, 16th, and 19th regiments, U. S. A., in 1862, and was engaged with the 15th and 16th at the battle of Shiloh, the advance on Corinth, the march to the Ohio river, and the battle of Mur- freesboro'. From April, 1863, he commanded a brigade of regular troops until the end of the war. He was also in the battles of Chickamauga, Resa- ca, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, and Peach Tree and Utoy Creeks, and commanded a division for thirty days during the Atlanta cam- paign. He was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers, 29 Nov., 1862, and brevet major-gen- eral, 31 May, 1865. He was also brevetted colonel, U. S. A., for gallantry at Chickamauga, Ga., briga- dier-general for meritorious services at Ruff's Sta- tion, Ga., and major-general for gallantry in the field during the war. He was commissioned colonel of the 9th infantry, 30 July, 1865, and on 6 Feb., 1882, he was retired from active service. KING, John Pendleton, senator, b. near Glas- gow, Barren co., Ky., 3 April, 1799 ; d. in Augusta, Ga., 19 March, 1888. His father took him to Tennessee, and in 1815 the son made his way to Georgia, where he stud- ied law and was admit- ted to the bar in 1819. After spending two years in Europe, where he completed his pro- fessional education, he returned to Augusta, rising rapidly, and in a few years he acquired a large estate. In 1833 he was chosen a member of the Constitutional convention of Georgia, in which he became a leader of the Jackson Democrats, and by his speeches before the convention, and especially by his discussion with W. H. Crawford, ex-secretary of the treasury and once a candidate for the presidency, King took rank among the most