# John Pendleton King > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/John_Pendleton_King > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/John_Pendleton_King.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pendleton_King > Source revision: 1262344461 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American politician (1799–1888) John Pendleton King United States Senator from Georgia In office November 21, 1833 – November 1, 1837 Preceded by George Troup Succeeded by Wilson Lumpkin Personal details Born (1799-04-03)April 3, 1799 Glasgow, Kentucky Died March 19, 1888(1888-03-19) (aged 88) Summerville, Georgia Party Jacksonian Signature **John Pendleton King** (April 3, 1799 – March 19, 1888) was an attorney, planter, and politician, serving as [United States Senator](/source/United_States_Senator) from [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state)). He resigned in 1837 before the end of his term to devote himself to his plantation and business, serving for nearly 40 years as president of the [Georgia Railroad and Banking Company](/source/Georgia_Railroad_and_Banking_Company), and becoming a cotton manufacturer. He acquired large plantation holdings, and by 1860 owned 69 slaves to work the cotton fields and related trades. ## Early life and education Born in [Glasgow, Kentucky](/source/Glasgow%2C_Kentucky), King moved in infancy with his parents to [Bedford County, Tennessee](/source/Bedford_County%2C_Tennessee), and then to [Augusta, Georgia](/source/Augusta%2C_Georgia), in 1815. He graduated from the [Academy of Richmond County](/source/Academy_of_Richmond_County) in Augusta, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1819 and practiced in Augusta. ## Marriage and family After beginning his practice, King married Mary Louise Woodward, daughter of John Woodward and wife Harriet Bixby. They had at least two daughters and a son together. Grace Sterling King married John McPherson Berrien Connelly and they had children. Mary Livingstone King married [Henry Paget, 4th Marquess of Anglesey](/source/Henry_Paget%2C_4th_Marquess_of_Anglesey) (1835–1898). ## Studies and politics King studied in Europe from 1822 to 1824. He returned and continued the practice of law in Augusta until 1829. He was a member of the State constitutional conventions in 1830 and 1833. He was appointed [judge](/source/Judge) of the [Court of Common Pleas](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Georgia_Court_of_Common_Pleas&action=edit&redlink=1) in 1831. He was elected in 1833 as a Jacksonian (later [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))) to the [United States Senate](/source/United_States_Senate) to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [George M. Troup](/source/George_M._Troup). He was reelected in 1834 and served from November 21, 1833, until November 1, 1837, when he resigned. In that year, the United States was in the midst of a [financial panic](/source/Panic_of_1837), which King blamed entirely on the policies of [Andrew Jackson](/source/Andrew_Jackson), which included removal of federal deposits from the [Bank of the United States](/source/First_Bank_of_the_United_States) and the [Specie Circular](/source/Specie_Circular) requiring purchases of federal land to be made in gold or silver currency, rather than bank notes or other instruments.[1] ## Business and plantation After his time in politics, King became president of the [Georgia Railroad and Banking Company](/source/Georgia_Railroad_and_Banking_Company), serving from 1841 to 1878. He worked as a railroad promoter and [cotton](/source/Cotton) manufacturer. In 1865 he was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1865. During this period he also continued as a planter and expanded his landholdings considerably, amassing a large estate. From 1830, he more than tripled the number of slaves he owned, in order to work those properties. In 1830, he owned 22 slaves in Augusta, Georgia.[2] In 1840, he owned 55 slaves.[3] In 1850, he owned 57 slaves.[4] In 1860, he owned 68 slaves.[5] King died in [Summerville, Georgia](/source/Summerville%2C_Georgia) and was interred in St. Paul's Churchyard, Augusta. ## Honors and legacy King is the namesake of the city of [Kingston, Georgia](/source/Kingston%2C_Georgia).[6] Pendleton King Park in Augusta, Georgia is named for his grandson, John Pendleton King II, who died at age 29 of a brain aneurysm.[7][8] Kings Mill was also named after him. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** King, John Pendleton (1837). ["Speech of Mr. King, of Georgia, on the bill imposing additional duties, as depositaries...delivered in the Senate of the U.S., Sept. 23, 1837"](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015077844291&view=1up&seq=8). Gales & Seaton. Retrieved October 31, 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** 1830 United States Census, [United States census](/source/United_States_census), 1830; Augusta, Georgia; page 274, 275,. Retrieved on 6 March 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** 1840 United States Census, [United States census](/source/United_States_census), 1840; Augusta Ward 5, Richmond, Georgia. Retrieved on 6 March 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["1850 United States Census, Slave Schedules"](https://archive.org/stream/7thcensus0094unit#page/n473/mode/2up), [United States census](/source/United_States_census), 1850; Division 73, Richmond, Georgia; page 931, 983,. Retrieved on 6 March 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["1860 United States Census, Slave Schedules"](https://archive.org/stream/acpl_slavecensus_10_reel10#page/n167/mode/2up), [United States census](/source/United_States_census), 1860; Augusta City Ward 2, Richmond, Georgia; page 306, 310,. Retrieved on 6 March 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Kingston"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IP4vAAAAIBAJ&pg=4161%2C244037). *Calhoun Times*. September 1, 2004. p. 20. Retrieved April 24, 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Pendleton King Park History"](http://www.pendletonkingpark.com/history/). Retrieved October 25, 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["The Sunken Blue Garden"](http://www.augustaga.gov/981/The-Sunken-Blue-Garden). *The Sunken Blue Garden*. - United States Congress. ["John Pendleton King (id: K000207)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000207). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*. - Dictionary of American Biography - Mellichamp, Josephine. "John King." In Senators From Georgia. pp. 107–10. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode Publishers, 1976. U.S. Senate Preceded by George Troup U.S. senator (Class 2) from Georgia November 21, 1833 - November 1, 1837 Served alongside: John Forsyth, Alfred Cuthbert Succeeded by Wilson Lumpkin Honorary titles Preceded by Peleg Sprague Most senior living U.S. senator (Sitting or former) October 13, 1880 - March 19, 1888 Succeeded by Henry A. Foster v t e United States senators from Georgia Class 2 Few Jackson Walton Tattnall Baldwin Jones Crawford Bulloch Bibb Troup Forsyth Walker Ware Cobb Prince Troup King Lumpkin Berrien Charlton Toombs H. Miller Norwood B. Hill Barrow A. 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