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<small>For the former Prime Minister of Canada, see [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]].</small>

<small>For the former Prime Minister of Canada, see [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]].</small>

'''William Rufus deVane King''' '''(1786 - 1853)''' was Vice President under [[Franklin Pierce]]. [[William King|King]] previously served as a US [[House of Representatives|Representative]] from [[North Carolina]] from 1811-1816, when he resigned, and as [[Senator]] for the State of [[Alabama]] from 1819-1844<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=k000217 Official Congressional Biography]</ref>.  A [[Democratic-Republican]], then a [[Jacksonian Democrat]], [[William King|King]] served as [[President pro tempore]] of the [[United States Senate|Senate]] from 1835-1841, after which the [[Whig]]s retook control.  He passed away from [[tuberculosis]] after only 45 days in office.  He is the only [[Vice President]] to have been sworn in on foreign soil, as he was in [[Cuba]] for health reasons at the time of [[inauguration]].

'''William Rufus deVane King''' '''(1786 - 1853)''' was Vice President under [[Franklin Pierce]]. [[William King|King]] previously served as a US [[House of Representatives|Representative]] from [[North Carolina]] from 1811-1816, when he resigned, and as [[Senator]] for the State of [[Alabama]] from 1819-1844<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=k000217 Official Congressional Biography]</ref>.  A [[Democratic-Republican]], then a [[Jacksonian Democrat]], [[William King|King]] served as [[President pro tempore]] of the [[United States Senate|Senate]] from 1835-1841, after which the [[Whig]]s retook control.  He passed away from [[tuberculosis]] after only 45 days in office.  He is the only [[Vice President of the United States of America|Vice President]] to have been sworn in on foreign soil, as he was in [[Cuba]] for health reasons at the time of [[inauguration]].

In 1818, King moved to Selma, [[Alabama]], where he became a delegate to the State's organizing convention in 1819.  He was a [[slaveholder]] and owner of a large [[plantation]]<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=k000217 Official Congressional Biography, ibid.]</ref>.

In 1818, King moved to Selma, [[Alabama]], where he became a delegate to the State's organizing convention in 1819.  He was a [[slaveholder]] and owner of a large [[plantation]]<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=k000217 Official Congressional Biography, ibid.]</ref>.