Henry King (congressman)

For other people named Henry King, see Henry King (disambiguation).

Henry King
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 8th district
In office March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835
Preceded by	Samuel A. Smith Peter Ihrie, Jr.
Succeeded by	Edward Burd Hubley
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 7th district
In office March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833
Preceded by	Joseph Fry, Jr.
Succeeded by	District inactive
Personal details
Born	(1790-07-06)July 6, 1790 Palmer, Massachusetts
Died	Allentown, Pennsylvania
Political party	Jacksonian

Henry King (July 6, 1790 – July 13, 1861) was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Henry King (brother of Thomas Butler King and uncle of John Floyd King) was born in Palmer, Massachusetts. He studied law in New London, Connecticut, and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He was admitted to the bar in 1815 and commenced practice in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1826 to 1828 and 1830 to 1832.

King was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1834 to the Twenty-Fourth Congress. He resumed the practice of law and died in Allentown in 1861. Interment in Union Cemetery.

Sources

• Henry King at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Joseph Fry, Jr.	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district 1831–1833	Succeeded by District inactive
Preceded by Samuel A. Smith Peter Ihrie, Jr.	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district 1833–1835	Succeeded by Edward Burd Hubley