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William Rufus DeVane King (April 7, 1786 – April 18, 1853) was an American politician and diplomat. He was the 13th vice president of the United States from March 4 until his death in April 1853. Earlier he had served as a U.S. representative from North Carolina and a senator from Alabama.
King was born on March 24, 1755, in Scarborough, which was then part of Massachusetts but is now in Maine. [1] He was a son of Isabella (Bragdon) and Richard King, a prosperous farmer, merchant, lumberman, and sea captain [1] who had settled at Dunstan Landing in Scarborough, near Portland, Maine, and had made a modest fortune by the time Rufus was born.
Bold entries are successful candidates; Italicized entries are runners-up who became vice president under the original system (1788-1800). This list includes eleven women, nine of whom received vice presidential votes: the first was Tonie Nathan who in 1972 received one vote from a faithless elector .
for Vice President: 7th U.S. Secretary of State ... Rufus King John Eager Howard; for President: for Vice President: U. S. Senator from New York (1789–1796, 1813 ...
Georgia cast eight electoral votes for the Democratic-Republican candidate James Monroe over the Federalist candidate Rufus King. The electoral votes for Vice president were cast for Monroe's running mate Daniel D. Tompkins from New York. These electors were elected by the Georgia General Assembly, the state legislature, rather than by popular ...
for Vice President: 3rd President of the United States (1801–1809) 1st ... Rufus King; for President: for Vice President: 6th U.S. Minister to France (1796–1797) 3rd
The Milwaukee Public Schools "Battle of the Drumlines" at Rufus King High School put seven school groups to the test Saturday, Dec. 9.
The Legislature of Massachusetts chose 22 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. [1] During this election, the Federalist candidate Rufus King along with his running mate John E. Howard ran unopposed in the state.