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John Quincy Adams King (Paducah State Rep)

b. 1828-05-28 d. 1880-02-28

About

Paducah, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Burkesville, Kentucky, native. Son of Milton King and Susan Wiles King. Married Leann Sophia King in 1854. Father of Mary Elizabeth King, Nancy Susan King, Ellen King, Leann Quincy King, and Goode King. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Cumberland County, Kentucky, in 1849 and from 1853 to 1855. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from McCracken County, Kentucky, from 1855 to 1859. Speaker of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1857. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from McCracken County from 1861 to 1863.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

John Quincy Adams King Papers, 1847-1874, SC 66, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library, Kentucky Historical Society; G. Glenn Clift, Governors of Kentucky, 1792-1942 (Cynthiana, Ky.: Hobson Press, 1942), 193-95; Find A Grave, "John Quincy Adams King (1825 - 1880)," Memorial #142491188, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=142491188 (accessed September 27, 2017).

Citation

King, John Quincy Adams. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197559 (January 24, 2026).

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Documents (5)

Journal
Beriah Magoffin, Executive Journal, February 25, 1861
1861-02-25
Petition
G. W. Ratcliffe et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
Correspondence
Josiah Harris, Jr. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-01-03
Correspondence
P. D. Yeiser to Bowling
1862-10-04
Petition
Thomas Hines, Robert Enders, and Henry Enders to Thomas E. Bramlette

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