- King political family
The King family is a family of politicians from the
United States . Below is a list of members:*
Stephanus Van Cortlandt (1643-1700), Mayor ofNew York City 1677-1678 1686-1688. Great-great-great-grandfather of Henry Van Rennsselaer.
*Jacobus Van Cortlandt (1658-1739), Mayor of New York City 1710-1711. Brother of Stephanus Van Cortlandt.
*Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724), acting Governor ofNew York Colony 1709 1719-1720. Brother-in-law of Stephanus Van Cortlandt and Jacobus Van Cortlandt.
**John Alsop (1724-1794), New York Colony Assemblyman, Delegate to the Continental Congress fromNew York 1774-1776. Father-in-law of Rufus King.
***Philip Livingston (1716-1778), New York City Alderman 1754-1762, New York Colony Representative 1763-1769, member of the New York Committee of Correspondence, Delegate to the Continental Congress from New York 1775-1778, President of the New York Colony Convention 1775, New York Assemblyman 1776, New York State Senator 1777. Father-in-law of Stephen Van Rennsselaer III.
***William Livingston (1723-1790), Delegate to the Continental Congress fromNew Jersey 1774-1776, Governor of New Jersey 1776-1790. Brother of Philip Livingston.
***Rufus King (1755-1827), member of theMassachusetts General Court 1783-1785, Delegate to the Continental Congress from Massachusetts 1784-1787, delegate to thePhiladelphia Convention , New York Assemblyman, U.S. Senator from New York 1789-1796 1813-1825, candidate for Vice President of the United States 1804 1808 candidate for President of the United States 1816, U.S. Minister toGreat Britain 1825-1826. Son-in-law of John Alsop.
***William King (1768-1862), Massachusetts State Representative 1795 1799 1804, Massachusetts State Senator, Governor ofMaine 1820-1821, candidate for Governor of Maine 1834. Brother of Rufus King and Cyrus King.
***Cyrus King (1772-1817), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1813-1817. Brother of Rufus King and William King.
****Stephen Van Rensselaer III (1764-1839), New York Assemblyman 1789-1791, New York State Senator 1791-1796, Lieutenant Governor of New York 1795-1801, U.S. Representative from New York 1822-1829. Son-in-law of Philip Livingston.
****John Alsop King (1788-1867), New York 1819-1821 1832 1838 1840, New York State Senator 1823-1825, U.S. Charge d'Affaires toEngland 1826, delegate to the Whig Party National Convention 1839 1852, U.S. Representative from New York 1849-1851, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1856, Governor of New York 1857-1857. Son of Rufus King.
****James G. King (1791-1853), U.S. Representative from New Jersey 1849-1851. Son of Rufus King.
*****Rufus King (1814-1876), delegate to theWisconsin Constitutional Convention 1848. Grandson of Rufus King.
*****Henry Van Rensselaer (1810-1864), U.S. Representative from New York 1841-1843. Son-in-law of John Alsop King.ee also
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List of United States political families
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