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Few individuals compile a career in politics like William Rufus Devane King's. Among his accomplishments were election to congress from North Carolina and Alabama and the U.S. vice presidency on two occasions. He served also as minister to France.
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9930
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William Rufus King of North Carolina holds the distinction of being the only U.S. Vice-Presidential nominee who was elected and sworn in but never served. King, was born in Sampson County in 1786, was unanimously nominated as Franklin Pierce's running mate in 1852. On Inauguration Day King was in Havana, Cuba, visiting for his health. It was there that he took the oath of office and, six weeks later, died before he could return to Washington, D.C.
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10295
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William Rufus King was born in Sampson County in 1786 and after a legislative career in North Carolina, moved to Alabama in 1818. The article recounts his distinguished service to the nation. King was elected Vice-President, but died in April 1853, shortly after taking the oath of office.
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10742
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Of the men who have served as Vice-President of the United States, seven have died in office. One of these was William Rufus King, a North Carolinian, who filled his post for only 25 days, the shortest term of office in our government's history. King, who was suffering with tuberculosis and recuperating in Cuba on inauguration day, had the oath of office administered by the American consul and lived only long enough to return to his home in Alabama before dying on April 18, 1853.
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11517
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William Rufus King was one of North Carolina's greatest citizens. Although he was a great a legislator, statesman, diplomat, and patriot, few people have ever heard of him. He was also the thirteenth Vice-President of the United States.
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12130
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Rufus de Vane King, a North Carolina native born in 1786, and Joseph Lane, another local North Carolinian born in 1801, served in various legislative positions at the state and national levels through the 19th-century.
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The article illuminates the story of William Rufus King, a prominent statesman during the early 18th-century, who hailed from Clinton located in Sampson County. His accolades included being a member of state legislature, United States Vice President, Congressional representative and senator, as well as a diplomat to France.
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18109
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In this first of a series of articles, Murphy compiles a list of North Carolinians who left the state and achieved recognition in other states and other parts of the world. These include William Rufus King, Gabriel Moore, and Joseph Forney Johnston.
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