Alvin Olin KING

Background

King, Alvin Olin was born on June 21, 1890 in Leoti, Kansas, United States. Son of George Merritt and Bessie Brown (Stirling) King.

Education

Lake Charles High School. Tulane University, Bachelor of Laws, New Orleans, Louisiana. m. Willie Lee Voris, January 29, 1916, New Orleans, Louisiana.

City Attorney Lake Charles, Louisiana., 1920-1930. City Attorney De Quincy, Louisiana., since 1922.

Career

King was elected to the Louisiana State Senate from Calcasieu Parish in the southwestern part of the state and rose to president pro tempore of that body. When Huey Pierce Long, Junior., vacated the governorship for a seat in the United States Senate, King replaced him as governor for the three and a half months remaining in Long"s elected term. During his brief tenure, he called for a reduction in highway spending, since the Great Depression made it difficult to finance bonds at an acceptable rate.

This was also during the time of construction of the Huey P. Long Bridge in Jefferson Parish.

Signs above the roadway entrance to the bridge proclaim that it was built during the administrations of Huey Long and Oscar K. Allen. Number mention is made of King"s tenure.

King had succeeded Paul North. Cyr of Jeanerette as lieutenant governor after Cyr attempted in 1931 to take the oath of office as governor when Long did not leave for Washington, District of Columbia, to assume the United States. Senate seat to which Long had been elected in 1930. After leaving office, King reverted to his legal profession.

Before his death in Lake Charles, King had become president of the Louisiana Bar Association.

He was a Methodist.

Achievements

• Alvin Olin King has been listed as a reputable lawyer, ex-governor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Louisiana Mineral Board, 1948. Member council Louisiana State Law Institute. Member American Law Institute.

Member Louisiana Senate, 14th District, 1924, reelected, 1928.

Member American, Louisiana (Board of Governors 1949-1953, president 1952-1953), bar associations. Clubs: Pioneer, Lake Charles Country (Lake Charles, Louisiana).

• Member of Phi Kappa Sigma. Masons; Lake Charles Lodge 165 F. and Master of Arts.

Connections

Married Willie Lee Voris, January 29, 1916. Children: Voris King, Alvin O. (deceased).

Father:

George Merritt King

Mother:

Bessie Brown (Stirling) King

Spouse:

Willie Lee Voris

child:

Voris King

child:

Alvin O. King (deceased)