{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} <!-- This article was automatically created by [[User:polbot]] from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000197. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. --> {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Cyrus King | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | state1 = [[Massachusetts]] | district1 = {{ushr|MA|14|14th}} | term_start1 = March 4, 1813 | term_end1 = March 3, 1817 | predecessor1 = [[Richard Cutts]] | successor1 = [[John Holmes (Maine politician)|John Holmes]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1772|9|6}} | birth_place = [[Scarborough, Maine|Scarborough]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay|Massachusetts Bay]], [[British America]] (now [[Maine]]) | death_date = {{death date and age|1817|4|25|1772|9|6}} | death_place = [[Saco, Maine|Saco]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S. (now [[Maine]]) | spouse = | party = [[Federalist Party|Federalist]] | relations = [[Rufus King]] (half brother) | children = | alma_mater = [[Columbia University|Columbia College]] | occupation = Lawyer | profession = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Cyrus King''' (September 6, 1772 – April 25, 1817) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]], half-brother of [[Rufus King]].
== Early life and education == Born in [[Scarborough, Maine|Scarborough]] in [[Province of Massachusetts Bay|Massachusetts Bay's]] [[Province of Maine]], King attended [[Phillips Academy]], [[Andover, Massachusetts]], and was graduated from [[Columbia College, Columbia University|Columbia College]], New York City, in 1794. He studied law.
== Career == King served as private secretary to Rufus King when he was United States Minister to England in 1796. He completed law studies in [[Biddeford, Maine|Biddeford]] and was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] in 1797, commencing his law practice in [[Saco, Maine|Saco]]. He served as major general of the Sixth Division, [[Massachusetts militia|Massachusetts Militia]]. King was one of the founders of [[Thornton Academy]] in [[Saco, Maine|Saco]].
King was elected as a [[Federalist Party (United States)|Federalist]] to the [[13th United States Congress|Thirteenth]] and [[14th United States Congress|Fourteenth]] Congresses (March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817).
== Death == He returned to [[Saco, Maine|Saco]] (then in Massachusetts' [[District of Maine]]), where he died on April 25, 1817, and was interred in [[Laurel Hill Cemetery (Saco, Maine)|Laurel Hill Cemetery]].
==Sources== {{CongBio|K000197}}
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== External links ==
* [https://findingaids.library.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_4078987 Finding aid to Cyrus King papers at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library.] {{Authority control}}
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