Ray County, Missouri Biographies - Austin Augustus King (1802-1870) 

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Austin Augustus King

Austin Augustus King, a Representative from Missouri; born in Sullivan County, Tenn.,
September 21, 1802; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar
in 1822 and commenced practice in Jackson, Tenn.; moved to Columbia, Mo., in 1830 and 
continued the practice of law; served as a colonel in the Black Hawk War; member of
the State house of representatives in 1834 and 1836; moved to Richmond, Mo., in 1837,
having been appointed circuit judge of the fifth circuit, and served until 1848;
Governor of Missouri 1848-1853; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Thirty-third
Congress in 1852; resumed the practice of law in Richmond, Mo.; delegate to the
Democratic National Conventions at Charleston and Baltimore in 1860; again circuit
judge from 1862 until 1863, when he resigned; elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-eighth
Congress (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1865); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1864 to
the Thirty-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in St. Louis, Mo., 
April 22, 1870; interment in Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Ray County, Mo. 
 
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Austin Augustus King (1802-1870) also known as Austin A. King, of Columbia, Boone County,
Mo.; Richmond, Ray County, Mo. Born in Sullivan County, Tenn., September 21, 1802. Democrat.
Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; member of Missouri state house
of representatives, 1834-36; circuit judge in Missouri, 1837-48, 1862-63; Governor of
Missouri, 1848-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1860; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1863-65; defeated, 1852, 1864. Died in St. Louis,
Mo., April 22, 1870. Original interment at at a private or family graveyard; reinterment at
Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Mo. 


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