Cyrus King

Cyrus King

Cyrus King (September 6, 1772 – April 25, 1817) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, half brother of Rufus King.

Born in Scarborough, Maine (then a district of Massachusetts), King attended Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, and was graduated from Columbia College, New York City, in 1794. He studied law. He served as private secretary to Rufus King when he was United States Minister to England in 1796. He completed law studies in Biddeford, Maine. He was admitted to the bar in 1797 and commenced practice in Saco, Maine. He served as major general of the Sixth Division, Massachusetts Militia. He was one of the founders of Thornton Academy, Saco, Maine.

King was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses (March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817). He returned to Saco, Maine, where he died on April 25, 1817. He was interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery.

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