Life span: 10/14/1806 to 11/12/1865TabsLife SummaryFull name: Preston KingPlace of Birth: Ogdensburg, NYBurial Place: Ogdensburg, NYBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateFamily: John King (father), Margaret Galloway King (mother) Other Education: Union College (NY)Occupation: PoliticianAttorney or JudgeRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderPolitical Parties: DemocraticFree SoilRepublicanGovernment: Jackson Administration (1829-37)Johnson Administration (1865-69)US SenateUS House of RepresentativesState legislature Events Date span begin Life span End Event 11/13/1865 11/13/1865 Former Senator Preston King, Collector of the Port of New York commits suicide in New York Harbor Major TopicsWilmot ProvisoElection of 1860Thirty-Seventh Congress of the United StatesElection of 1864 Documents Images Preston King, circa 1860 Preston King, circa 1860, detail Bibliography
