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class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wilson_Lumpkin" title="Wilson Lumpkin">Wilson Lumpkin</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1799-04-03</span>)</span>April 3, 1799<br /><a href="/wiki/Glasgow,_Kentucky" title="Glasgow, Kentucky">Glasgow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">March 19, 1888<span style="display:none">(1888-03-19)</span> (aged 88)<br /><a href="/wiki/Summerville,_Georgia" title="Summerville, Georgia">Summerville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jacksonian_democracy" title="Jacksonian democracy">Jacksonian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Signature_of_John_Pendleton_King_(1799%E2%80%931888).png" class="mw-file-description" title="John Pendleton King's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Signature_of_John_Pendleton_King_%281799%E2%80%931888%29.png/128px-Signature_of_John_Pendleton_King_%281799%E2%80%931888%29.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Signature_of_John_Pendleton_King_%281799%E2%80%931888%29.png 1.5x" data-file-width="177" data-file-height="72" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Pendleton King</b> (April 3, 1799 – March 19, 1888) was an attorney, planter, and politician, serving as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">United States Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>. He resigned in 1837 before the end of his term to devote himself to his plantation and business, serving for nearly 40 years as president of the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Railroad_and_Banking_Company" title="Georgia Railroad and Banking Company">Georgia Railroad and Banking Company</a>, and becoming a cotton manufacturer. He acquired large plantation holdings, and by 1860 owned 69 slaves to work the cotton fields and related trades. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Pendleton_King&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Glasgow,_Kentucky" title="Glasgow, Kentucky">Glasgow, Kentucky</a>, King moved in infancy with his parents to <a href="/wiki/Bedford_County,_Tennessee" title="Bedford County, Tennessee">Bedford County, Tennessee</a>, and then to <a href="/wiki/Augusta,_Georgia" title="Augusta, Georgia">Augusta, Georgia</a>, in 1815. He graduated from the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Richmond_County" title="Academy of Richmond County">Academy of Richmond County</a> in Augusta, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1819 and practiced in Augusta. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Marriage_and_family">Marriage and family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Pendleton_King&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Marriage and family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After beginning his practice, King married Mary Louise Woodward, daughter of John Woodward and wife Harriet Bixby. They had at least two daughters and a son together. Grace Sterling King married John McPherson Berrien Connelly and they had children. Mary Livingstone King married <a href="/wiki/Henry_Paget,_4th_Marquess_of_Anglesey" title="Henry Paget, 4th Marquess of Anglesey">Henry Paget, 4th Marquess of Anglesey</a> (1835–1898). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Studies_and_politics">Studies and politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Pendleton_King&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Studies and politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>King studied in Europe from 1822 to 1824. He returned and continued the practice of law in Augusta until 1829. He was a member of the State constitutional conventions in 1830 and 1833. He was appointed <a href="/wiki/Judge" title="Judge">judge</a> of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Georgia_Court_of_Common_Pleas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Georgia Court of Common Pleas (page does not exist)">Court of Common Pleas</a> in 1831. He was elected in 1833 as a Jacksonian (later <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a>) to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of <a href="/wiki/George_M._Troup" class="mw-redirect" title="George M. Troup">George M. Troup</a>. He was reelected in 1834 and served from November 21, 1833, until November 1, 1837, when he resigned. In that year, the United States was in the midst of a <a href="/wiki/Panic_of_1837" title="Panic of 1837">financial panic</a>, which King blamed entirely on the policies of <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Andrew Jackson</a>, which included removal of federal deposits from the <a href="/wiki/First_Bank_of_the_United_States" title="First Bank of the United States">Bank of the United States</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Specie_Circular" title="Specie Circular">Specie Circular</a> requiring purchases of federal land to be made in gold or silver currency, rather than bank notes or other instruments.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Business_and_plantation">Business and plantation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Pendleton_King&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Business and plantation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After his time in politics, King became president of the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Railroad_and_Banking_Company" title="Georgia Railroad and Banking Company">Georgia Railroad and Banking Company</a>, serving from 1841 to 1878. He worked as a railroad promoter and <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a> manufacturer. In 1865 he was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1865. </p><p>During this period he also continued as a planter and expanded his landholdings considerably, amassing a large estate. From 1830, he more than tripled the number of slaves he owned, in order to work those properties. In 1830, he owned 22 slaves in Augusta, Georgia.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1840, he owned 55 slaves.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1850, he owned 57 slaves.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1860, he owned 68 slaves.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> King died in <a href="/wiki/Summerville,_Georgia" title="Summerville, Georgia">Summerville, Georgia</a> and was interred in St. Paul's Churchyard, Augusta. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors_and_legacy">Honors and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Huntsville, Ala.: Strode Publishers, 1976.</li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/George_Troup" title="George Troup">George Troup</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Georgia" title="List of United States senators from Georgia"> U.S. senator (Class 2) from Georgia</a> </b><br />November 21, 1833 - November 1, 1837 <br />Served alongside: <b><a href="/wiki/John_Forsyth_(politician)" title="John Forsyth (politician)">John Forsyth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Cuthbert" title="Alfred Cuthbert">Alfred Cuthbert</a></b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Wilson_Lumpkin" title="Wilson Lumpkin">Wilson Lumpkin</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFF157;">Honorary titles </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Peleg_Sprague_(Maine_politician)" title="Peleg Sprague (Maine politician)">Peleg Sprague</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Most senior living U.S. senator <br /> (Sitting or former) </b><br />October 13, 1880 - March 19, 1888 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Henry_A._Foster" title="Henry A. 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