William King was a Colonel in the U.S. Marines, a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and the 11th Vice President under president James K. Polk. He lost his left eye in the [[Battle of Scraggmore]] in the [[War of 1812]]. | William King was a Colonel in the U.S. Marines, a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and the 11th Vice President under president James K. Polk. He lost his left eye in the [[Battle of Scraggmore]] in the [[War of 1812]]. |