Rufus King

For other uses, see Rufus King (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with William Rufus King.

Rufus King
Portrait by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1820
United States Senator from New York
In office March 4, 1813 –March 3, 1825

Rufus King's descendants and relatives number in the thousands today. Some of his notable descendants include the following:

• Dr. C. Loring Brace IV was a noted biological anthropologist.
• Gerald Warner Brace ^[20] (1901–1978) was an American writer, educator, sailor, and boat builder.
• Charles Loring Brace (1826–1890) was a philanthropist and was most renowned for founding the Children's Aid Society.
• Wolcott Gibbs was an American editor, humorist, theater critic, playwright, and author of short stories.
• Archibald Gracie III was a career United States Army officer, businessman, and a graduate of West Point. He is well known for being a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War and for his death during the Siege of Petersburg.
• Archibald Gracie IV was an American writer, amateur historian, real estate investor, and survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
• Fleet Admiral William Frederick Halsey Jr., United States Navy
• Isabella Beecher Hooker (1822–1907) was a leader in the women's suffrage movement and an author.
• Charles King (academic) was an American academic, politician, and newspaper editor and the ninth president of Columbia College (now Columbia University).
• Charles King was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer.
• James G. King was an American businessman and Whig Party politician who represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. His daughter, Frederika Gore King, married Bancroft Davis.
• John Alsop King was an American politician who served as governor (1857–1859) of New York.
• Rufus King was a newspaper editor, educator, U.S. diplomat, and Union brigadier general during the American Civil War.
• Rufus King Jr. was an artillery officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a Medal of Honor recipient.
• Rufus Gunn King III was the chief judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
• Alice Duer Miller was an American writer and poet.
• Halsey Minor ^[21] is a technology entrepreneur who founded CNET in 1993.
• Mary Alsop King Waddington was an American author.

See also

• List of United States political appointments that crossed party lines

References

1. Dos Passos, John (2011). The Men Who Made the Nation: Architects of the Young Republic 1782–1802. New York: Knopf Doubleday Publishing. p. 480.
2. Ernst, Robert (1968). Rufus King: American Federalist . University of North Carolina Press. pp. 1–15, 209, 263, 377–378. OCLC   284601.
3. Adams, John (July 7, 1774). "John Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 July 1774" (Web). Founders Online. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
4. "The Founding Fathers: Massachusetts". The Charters of Freedom. Archives.gov. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
5. Siry, Steven E. (February 2000), "King, Rufus"; American National Biography Online .
6. Vinci, John (2008). "Biography of Rufus King". Colonialhall.com. Archived from the original on November 18, 2011. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
7. Purvis, Thomas L. (1997). A Dictionary of American History. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 214. ISBN   978-1-57718-099-9 . Retrieved November 23, 2011.
8. "King, Rufus, (1755–1827)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Congress. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
9. Morton, Joseph C. (2006). Shapers of the Great Debate at the Constitutional Convention of 1787: A Biographical Dictionary. Berkeley: Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 160–62.
10. British Critic: And Quarterly Theological Review, Band 10, p. 208
11. Howe 2007, p. 246.
12. Weil, Julie Zauzmer; Blanco, Adrian; Dominguez, Leo (January 20, 2022). "More than 1,700 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation". Washington Post . Retrieved January 30, 2022.
13. A Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation’s Founding to the Civil War by William G. Thomas p. 35
14. Arbena, Joseph L. "Politics or Principle? Rufus King and the Opposition to Slavery, 1785–1825." Essex Institute Historical Collections (1965) 101(1): 56–77. ISSN   0014-0953
15. "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter K" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
16. American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
17. McKenney, Janice E. (2012). Women of the Constitution: Wives of the Signers. Lanham: Rrowman & Littlefield. pp. 98, 100.
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19. Wisconsin Historical Society (2011). "Origins of Madison Street Names". Wisconsinhistory.org. Archived from the original on April 23, 2006. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
20. "Obituary of John P. Brace" (PDF). New York Times. October 22, 1872.
21. Halsey Minor Archived January 9, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Read the Hook November 27, 2008

Works cited

• Howe, Daniel (2007). What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-507894-7.

Bibliography

•   Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "King, Rufus". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
• Brush, Edward Hale. Rufus King and His Times. New York: Nicholas L. Brown, 1926.
• King, Charles R. The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King, 4 vol. 1893–1897.
• Perkins, Bradford. The First Rapprochement: England and the United States, 1795–1805. University of California Press, 1967.

External links

• The King Family Papers at the New York Historical Society
• The Rufus King Papers at the New York Historical Society
• United States Congress. "Rufus King (id: K000212)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
• King Manor Museum
• Historic House Trust of New York, King Manor Museum
• A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825
• The members of the 1st United States Congress (took seat on July 25, 1789)
• The members of the 4th United States Congress (resigned on May 23, 1796)