1755 Born in Scarborough, 1777 Graduates from Harvard, 1780 Admitted to the Massachusetts Bar, 1783 A judge in the Massachusetts General Court, 1784 Becomes a Massachusetts delegate to Congress, 1785 Contributor to the Land Ordinance of 1785 & Introduces legislation banning slavery in the Northwest Territories, 1787 Contributes to the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 & Participates in the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia; initially, King was the only New Englander there at age 32, 1788 Helps to get the Constitution ratified by Massachusetts & Moves to New York City, NY, 1790 Elected to the U.S. Senate from New York as a Federalist, 1791 Becomes a director of the First Bank of the United States, 1794 Supports the unpopular Jay’s Treaty in Congress, 1796 US Minister to Britain, 1804 Federalist vice presidential candidate under Charles Cotesworth Pinckney; defeated by Thomas Jefferson, 1808 Federalist vice presidential candidate under Charles Cotesworth Pinckney; defeated by James Madison, 1816 Federalist Party candidate for President (the last one); defeated by James Monroe & opposes the establishment of a Second Bank of the United States,1820 Denounces the Missouri Compromise saying that slavery must be ended once and for all, 1825 Minister to Britain, 1827 Dies at age 72
Jamaica, Queens
My name is Rufus King and I was born in what is now Scarborough, Maine on March 24th, 1755. I was a delegate of Massachusetts at the Continental Congress for signing the Constitution, and oppose slavery. I moved to New York and became a Senator of New York and after my term was appointed Minister to Great Britain. I ran for President and Vice-President under my dear friend Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, but we lost both times. Under the Episcopalian religion, I had married Mary Alsop in 1786. We had seven children, but only five lived until adulthood, John, Charles, James, Edward, and Frederick. I was one of the directors for the first bank in America. I am regarded as one of the Founding Fathers, but I was one of the framers of the Constitution. On a Voyage as Minister to Great Britain I became ill and passed away on April 29th, 1827, I am buried next to my wife Mary near our home, in Long Island, New York.
He was a Public Speaker - He was a lawyer and was led into policics
1755 Born in Scarborough, 1777 Graduates from Harvard, 1780 Admitted to the Massachusetts Bar, 1783 A judge in the Massachusetts General Court, 1784 Becomes a Massachusetts delegate to Congress, 1785 Contributor to the Land Ordinance of 1785 & Introduces legislation banning slavery in the Northwest Territories, 1787 Contributes to the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 & Participates in the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia; initially, King was the only New Englander there at age 32, 1788 Helps to get the Constitution ratified by Massachusetts & Moves to New York City, NY, 1790 Elected to the U.S. Senate from New York as a Federalist, 1791 Becomes a director of the First Bank of the United States, 1794 Supports the unpopular Jay’s Treaty in Congress, 1796 US Minister to Britain, 1804 Federalist vice presidential candidate under Charles Cotesworth Pinckney; defeated by Thomas Jefferson, 1808 Federalist vice presidential candidate under Charles Cotesworth Pinckney; defeated by James Madison, 1816 Federalist Party candidate for President (the last one); defeated by James Monroe & opposes the establishment of a Second Bank of the United States,1820 Denounces the Missouri Compromise saying that slavery must be ended once and for all, 1825 Minister to Britain, 1827 Dies at age 72
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