Perkins King (January 12, 1784 – November 29, 1857) was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician who served one term as a

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from

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from 1829 to 1831.

Biography

King was born in

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on January 12, 1784, a son of Amos King and Lucy (Perkins) King. He was educated in New Marlborough, and moved to Greenville, New York in 1802.

Business career

After moving to New York, King studied law, and was

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. He also became involved in business ventures, including a woolen mill.

Political career

He served as Greenville's town clerk in 1815, and was

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from 1817 to 1820. He was a justice of the peace from 1818 to 1822. He was appointed a judge of the Greene County Court in 1823 and served until becoming First Judge in 1838. He was a member of the

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(Greene Co.) in

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Congress

King was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831). He did not run for reelection in 1830.

Later career and death

He served as First Judge of the Greene County Court from 1838 to 1847. King died in

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, November 29, 1857. He was interred in Freehold's Snyder Cemetery.

Sources

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