John KING, Congress, NY (1775-1836)

KING John , a Representative from New York; born in what is now Canaan, Columbia County, N.Y., in 1775; attended the common schools; supervisor of the town of Canaan 1806-1808; sheriff of Columbia County, N.Y., 1811-1813 and 1815-1819; supervisor of the town of New Lebanon 1819-1823, 1826, and 1829; member of the State assembly in 1824; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1833); died in New Lebanon, Columbia County, N.Y., September 1, 1836; interment in the Cemetery of Evergreens.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present