OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
William Rufus de Vane King

BORN:
April 7, 1786
Sampson County, North Carolina

DIED:
April 18, 1853 (age 67)
Selma, Alabama

EDUCATION:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1813)

POLTICAL PARTY:
Democratic Republican
Jackson Republican
Jacksonian
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS:
1806:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Clinton, North Carolina 
1807-1809:
Member, North Carolina House of Commons
1810:
City Solicitor of Wilmington, North Carolina 
1811-1816:
U.S. House of Representatives
1819:
Delegate to the convention that organized the Alabama state government after Alabama was admitted as a state 
1819-1844:
U.S. Senator from Alabama
1836-1841:
President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate
1844-1846:
U.S. Minister to France 
1848-1852:
U.S. Senator from Alabama
1850-1852:
President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate 
March 24, 1853-April 18, 1853:
Vice President of the United States 
Took the oath office Havana, Cuba 

RESOURCES:
Senate Historical Office
Biographical Directory of Congress
Encyclopedia of Alabama
NCPedia
Wikipedia