Perkins King

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Perkins King (January 12, 1784 - November 29, 1857) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in New Marlboro, Massachusetts, King pursued an academic course. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar. He moved to Greenville, New York, in 1802, where he commenced the practice of law. Town clerk in 1815. He served as member of the State assembly in 1827.

King was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1829-March 3, 1831). County judge of Greene County 1838-1847. He resumed the practice of law. He died in Freehold, New York, November 29, 1857. He was interred in Snyder Cemetery.

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• Perkins King at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress