Preston King

Preston King (October 14, 1806-November 12,1865) was a Representative and a Senator from New York; born in Ogdensburg, New York on October 14, 1806, King pursued classical studies and graduated from Union College in 1827. He studied law and was admitted to the bar; first commencing practice in St. Lawrence County, N.Y. He established the St. Lawrence Republican in 1830 and became postmaster of Ogdensburg from 1831-1834. King was elected to the State assembly in 1834 and served there from 1835-1838. He was then elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847), but he was not a candidate for reelection in 1846; chairman, Committee on Invalid Pensions (Twenty-ninth Congress); elected as a Free Soiler to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1853); elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1856 and served from March 4, 1857, to March 3, 1863; did not seek reelection; chairman, Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Thirty-seventh Congress); resumed the practice of law; presidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1864; appointed collector of the port of New York 1865; committed suicide by leaping from a ferryboat in New York Harbor, N.Y., on November 12, 1865; interment in the City Cemetery, Ogdensburg, N.Y.

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October 14 - 1806 - November 12 - 1865 - Representative - Senator - New York - Ogdensburg, New York - Union College - St. Lawrence County - St. Lawrence Republican - Democrat - Committee on Revolutionary Claims - Republican - 1864 - Collector - Port of New York - Suicide - New York Harbor

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