Background
He was the son of Government. John A. King (1788–1867) and Mary (Ray) King (1790–1873).
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John Alsop King
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Education
He attended Union Hall Academy in Jamaica. And graduated from Harvard College in 1835. Then he engaged briefly in mercantile pursuits, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced for some time.
Career
However, he spent most of his life as a gentleman farmer, looking after the family estate. In 1876 and 1880, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress. He was President of the New-York Historical Society from 1887 until his death.
He died of pneumonia at the Savoy Hotel in Manhattan which had been his winter residence for a number of years, and was buried at the Grace Episcopal Churchyard in Jamaica, Queens.
Membership
He was a delegate to the 1872 Republican National Convention. A presidential elector in 1872, voting for Ulysses South. Grant and Henry Wilson. And a member of the New York State Senate (1st Doctorate) in 1874 and 1875.
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Political Party
Republican party