Perkins King

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Perkins King

|image = Perkins King (New York congressman).jpg

|alt =

|caption = From 1884's History of Greene County, New York

|office1 = Member of the United States House of Representatives

|term_start1 = March 4, 1829

|term_end1 = March 3, 1831

|predecessor1 = Selah R. Hobbie

|successor1 = Erastus Root

|constituency1 = New York's 11th congressional district

|office2 = First Judge of the Greene County, New York Court

|term_start2 = 1838

|term_end2 = 1847

|predecessor2 = Dorrance Kirtland

|successor2 = Lyman Tremain

|office3 = Member of the New York State Assembly

|term_start3 = January 1, 1827

|term_end3 = January 31, 1827

|predecessor3 = Addison Porter, Williams Seaman

|successor3 = Elisha Bishop, William Faulkner Jr.

|constituency3 = Greene County

|alongside3 = William Tuttle

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1784|1|12}}

|birth_place = New Marlborough, Massachusetts, U.S.

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1875|11|29|1784|1|12}}

|death_place = Freehold, New York, U.S.

|resting_place = Snyder Cemetery, Freehold, New York, U.S.

|party = Democratic-Republican
Jacksonian
Democratic

|spouse = Polly Jackson (m. 1812)
Althea Barnes (m. 1852)

|children = 7

|birth_name = Perkins King

|profession = Attorney

}}

Perkins King (January 12, 1784 – November 29, 1875) was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician from New York. Active in politics as a Democratic-Republican, Jacksonian, and Democrat, he served one term as a United States Representative from 1829 to 1831.

Biography

King was born in New Marlborough, Massachusetts on January 12, 1784, a son of Amos King and Lucy (Perkins) King.{{cite book |last=King |first=Cameron Haight |date=1908 |title=The King Family of Suffield, Connecticut |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cBdWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA150 |location=San Francisco, CA |publisher=Walter N. Brunt Co. |page=150 |isbn=9780598561688 |via=Google Books |ref={{sfnRef|King}}}} He was educated in New Marlborough, and moved to Greenville, New York in 1802.{{cite book |author=Joint Committee On Printing, United States Congress |date=1913 |title=A Biographical Congressional Directory |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yMrXx7tF6LkC&pg=PA782 |location=Washington, DC |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=782 |via=Google Books |ref={{sfnRef|Joint Committee On Printing}}}}

= Business career =

After moving to New York, King studied law, and was admitted to the bar.{{sfn|Joint Committee On Printing|page=782}} He also became involved in business ventures, including a woolen mill.{{sfn|King|page=220}}

Political career

Active in politics as a Democratic-Republican,{{cite news |date=September 15, 1830 |title=Republican State Convention |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-onondaga-standard-convention/131078340/ |work=The Onondaga Standard |location=Syracuse, NY |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com}} Jacksonian,{{cite news |date=November 18, 1830 |title=New-York Election |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/litchfield-enquirer-election/131078441/ |work=Litchfield Enquirer |location=Litchfield, CT |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com}} and Democrat,{{cite news |date=July 11, 1834 |title=From the Catskill Recorder: Cairo, the political centre of our county, presented on the 4th an animated scene |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-post-recorder/131078615/ |work=The Evening Post |location=New York, NY |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com}} he served as Greenville's town clerk in 1815, and was town supervisor from 1817 to 1820.{{cite web |url=https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nygreen2/beers_history_of_greene_county_greenville.htm |title=History of Greene County, New York: Greenville |last=Bogardus |first=Hiram |date=1884 |website=Rootsweb.com |publisher=J. B. Beers and Co. |location=New York, NY |access-date=September 2, 2023 |ref={{sfnRef|Bogardus}}}} He was a justice of the peace from 1818 to 1822.{{sfn|Bogardus}} He was appointed a judge of the Greene County Court in 1823 and served until becoming First Judge in 1838.{{sfn|King|page=342}} He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Greene Co.) in 1827.{{sfn|Bogardus}}

= Congress =

King was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831).{{sfn|Joint Committee On Printing|page=782}} He did not run for reelection in 1830.{{sfn|Joint Committee On Printing|page=782}}

Later career and death

He served as First Judge of the Greene County Court from 1838 to 1847.{{cite book |date=1884 |title=History of Greene County, New York |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YMh1TW7f6ksC&pg=PA34 |location=New York, NY |publisher=J. B. Beers & Co. |page=34 |via=Google Books}}

King died in Freehold, New York, November 29, 1875.{{cite news |date=December 2, 1875 |title=Recent Deaths: Perkins King |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/boston-evening-transcript-recent-deaths/131077683/ |work=Boston Evening Transcript |location=Boston, MA |page=5 |via=Newspapers.com}} He was interred in Freehold's Snyder Cemetery.{{cite book |last=Spencer |first=Thomas E. |date=1998 |title=Where They're Buried |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eLWao2lIGTEC&pg=PA243 |location=Baltimore, MD |publisher=Clearfield Company |page=243 |isbn=978-0-8063-4823-0 |via=Google Books}}

Family

In 1812, King married Polly Jackson, who died in 1849.{{sfn|King|page=220}} In 1852 he married Althea Barnes, who died in 1867.{{sfn|King|page=220}} With his first wife, King was the father of seven children.{{sfn|King|page=220}}