OVERVIEW:

BORN:
March 24, 1755
Scarborough, Massachusetts (now Maine)

DIED:
April 29, 1827 (age 72)
Jamaica, Long Island, New York 

EDUCATION:
Dummer Academy (South Byfield, MA)
Harvard University (BA, 1777)
Studied Law 

POLITICAL PARTY:
Federalist

HIGHLIGHTS:
1778:
Volunteered to serve in the militia during the Revolutionary War 
1780:
Began practicing  law in Newburyport, Massachusetts 
1783-1785:
Delegate to the Massachusetts General Court (state legislature)
1784-1786:
Member of the  Continental Congress from Massachusetts
1786:
Married Mary Alsop 
1787:
Delegate to the Federal Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia,
Signer of the Constitution 
1788:
Delegate to the Massachusetts State Convention to Ratify the Constitution,
Moved to New York City
1789-1790
Member of the New York State Assembly
1789-1796:
U.S. Senator 
1791:
Became one of the first directors of the First Bank of the United States
1796-1803:
U.S. Minister to Great Britain 
1804:
Unsuccessful Federalist Candidate for Vice President
1808:
Unsuccessful Federalist Candidate for Vice President
1813-1825:
U.S. Senator from New York
1816:
Unsuccessful Federalist Candidate for President,
Last Federalist Candidate for the Presidency, 
Unsuccessful Candidate for Governor of New York 
1825-1826:
U.S. Minister to Great Britain 

SOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
National Archives
King Manor Museum
Wikipedia

PAPERS: 
The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King

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