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 Rufus King In Constitutional Convention   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
KING, Rufus, (half brother of Cyrus King and father of John Alsop King and James Gore King), a...
Not a native of Wisconsin, Rufus King was born in New York City in 1814.
Rufus King (1755-1827) During the Revolutionary War, Rufus King divided his time between studying and fighting; by war's end, he had served as a soldier in Rhode Island, and established a...
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 KING, RUFUS (1755–1827) - Online Information article about KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
Hamilton to take a broader view of the general situation, and it was he who introduced the resolution in Congress, on the 21st of See also:
Correspondence of Rufus King, begun about 185o by his son, See also:
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Rufus King and the Opposition to Slavery, 1785-1825.” Essex Institute Historical Collections 101 (January 1965): 56-77.
“Rufus King, Slavery, and the Missouri Crisis.” New-York Historical Society Quarterly 46 (October 1962): 357-82.
Reeser, Robert E. “Rufus King and the Federalist Party.” Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles, 1948.
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 RUFUS KING (1755-1827) - LoveToKnow Article on RUFUS KING (1755-1827)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
He did good service, however, in opposing the extension of slavery.
Early in 1787 King was moved by the Shays Rebellion and by the influence of Alexander Hamilton to take a broader view of the general situation, and it was he who introduced the resolution in Congress, on the 2ist of February 1787, sanctioning the call for the Philadelphia constitutional convention.
In the convention he supported the large-state party, favored a strong executive, advocated the suppression of the slave trade, and opposed the counting of slaves in determining the apportionment of representatives.
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 william rufus devane king   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
King, William Rufus Devane, 1786–1853, US Senator from Alabama (1819–44, 1848–52), b.
King, William Rufus Devane, 1786-1853, US Senator from Alabama (1819-44, 1848-52), b.
… William Rufus King, Lawyer, diplomat, and vice-president of the United States … and is buried in Selma: son of William and Margaret (Devane) King, the former …
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