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1827. He practised law in Providence foi" a shoi-t time in 1827, and later removed to Newport, where he practised for several years. He repre- sented Newport in the Rhode Island legislature, 1833-46. and was speaker in la-lG ; travelled in Europe, 1846-48, and was returned to the state legislature in 1848. He was a representative from Rhode Island in the 31st and 32d congresses, 1849-53. He was influential in raising the stand- ard of tlie public schools of his native place, and was president of the Redwood Library associa- tion. 1844-46, and again, 1859-70. He died in Newport. R.I., July 17. 1S71.

KING, Grace Elizabeth, author, was born in New Orleans, La., in 1852 ; daughter of William Woodson and Sarah Ann (Miller) King and granddaughter of Edward and Nancy (Ragan) King, natives of Hanover county, Va., who set- tled in Montevallo, Ala.; and of Branch "Walthos and Anne Eliza de Laybach (Kirk) Miller of Georgia. She was educated in New Orleans. She contributed short stories to periodicals, illus- trating in her work the various characteristics displayed by the women of Louisiana, resulting from the commingling of nations, the institution of slavery, the enfranchisement of the negro and the sudden poverty brought upon the rich and aristocratic families by the civil war. She is the author of: Monsieur Motte (1888); Tales of a Time and Place (1888); Earthlings (1889); Cheva- lier Alain de Triton (1889); Jean Baptist Le- inoine, Founder of Neu) Orleans (1892); Balcony SYories (1893); A School History of Louisiana (1893); Xew Orleans : TJie Place and the People (1896) ; De Soto and His Men in the Land of Flor- ida (1898).

KING, Hamilton, diplomatist, was born at St. Johns, Newfoundland, June 4, 1852 ; son of Wil- liam and Maria King. He removed to Maine with his parents when a child, worked as a car- penter, removed to Illinois, and was graduated from Olivet college. Mich., A.B., 1878, A.M., 1881. He studied at the Chicago Theological seminary, 1878-79 ; was principal of the preparatory depart- ment of Olivet college, 1879-98 ; studied at the University of Leipzig, 1883-84, and at the Amer- ican school at Athens, Greece, in 1884. He was a lecturer, preacher and political speaker, and a delegate to the Republican national convention at St. Louis, Mo., in 1896. He was appointed U.S. minister resident and consul-general to Siam by President McKinley in January, 1898. He was married, Aug. 27, 1884, to Cora Lee. daughter of Maurice Dwight Seward, of New York. He is the author of : Greek Reader (1895) ; Outlines of United States History (1897).

KING, Henry, representative, was born in Palmer, Mass., July 6. 1790 ; son of Tliomas and Hannah (Lord) King and a descendant of Juhn

King, of Edwardstone, Suffolk county, England, who settled in Kingstown, afteiward Palmer, Mass., about 1715. He was educated in the pub- lic schools of Palmer ; studied law in the offices of William H. Brainerd, of New London, Conn., and Garrick Mallery, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., 1810- 15, and was admitted to the Luzerne county bar, April 3, 1815. He settled in piactice at Allen- town, Pa., where for several years he was the only lawyer. He was a state senator, 1825-31, and a Democratic representative in the 22d and 23d congresses, 1831-35. In the state senate he was chairman of the judiciary committee, of the com- mittee on corporations, and of the committee to remodel the penitentiary system. While in con- gress he called attention to the excess of southern military cadets at West Point, and succeeded in establishing the rule under which cadets were selected from each congressional district. He took a decided stand in favor of protective tariffs, and left the Democratic party on the issue of the Bank of the United States, as he oi)posed the removal of the government deposits. He died in AUentown, Pa., July 13. 1861.

KING, Henry Churchill, educator, was born at Hillsdale, Mich., Sept. 18, 1858 ; son of Henry Jarvis and Sarah Marsh (Lee) King ; grandson of Leonard Jarvis and Betsey (Hanchett) King, of Suffield, Conn., and of Joshua Sumner and Eliza F. (Woodward) Lee, and a descendant of James King, who came from Ipswich, England, in 1634, and of John Lee, of Farmington, Conn. He was graduated from Oberlin college in 1879 ; tutored in Latin there, 1879-81 ; in mathematics, 1881-82, and was graduated from Oberlin Theological seminary in 1882. He was married, July 7, 1882, to Julia M., daughter of James H. Coates. He took a post-graduate course at Harvard, 1882-84, receiving the degree of A.M. in 1883. He was associate professor of mathematics at Oberlin college, 1884-90 ; associate professor of philos- ophy, 1890-91 ; was professor of philosophy at Oberlin college, 1891-97 ; studied at the Univer- sity of Berlin, 1893-94, and in 1897 was made pro- fessor of theology and philosophy at Oberlin, He was a member of the committee of ten of the National Educational association, reporting on secondary school studies izi 1893. In 1900 he de- clined the presidency of Iowa college. He re- ceived the degree of D.D. from Oberlin in 1897. He is tlie author of : Outline of Erdmann's History of Pliilosophy (1892) ; Outline of the Microcos- mus of He4'inann Lotze (1895), and A-arious pam- phlets on philosophy.

KING, Horatio, cabinet officer, was born in Paris. Oxford county, Maine. June 21, 1811 ; son of Samuel and Sarah (Hall) King ; grandson of George King, of Rayham, Mass.. a soldier in the American Revolution, and of Jonathan Hall, a