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William Rufus DeVane King (April 7, 1786 – April 18, 1853) was an American politician and diplomat. He was the 13th vice president of the United States from March 4 until his death in April 1853. Earlier he had served as a U.S. representative from North Carolina and a senator from Alabama.
William King was an early settler who came to America in 1784 at the age of fifteen. For five years, he served as an apprentice to a merchant in Philadelphia before leaving to find his fortune, first traveling on horseback to Fincastle, VA, where his father, Thomas King, had settled several years earlier.
William King (born January 30, 1949) is an American singer, musician and choreographer. He is a founding member of the Commodores , where he plays trumpet , guitar , synthesizer , flute , and congas / percussion and is the group's choreographer.
Widely known as Billy King, William King is a British author, who penned numerous fantasy and science fiction novels, with is popular works being Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer, which were published by Black Library. In the year 1999, William King wrote the novel, Trollslayer.
William Rufus King was an American politician and diplomat who is often remembered as the shortest-serving Vice President of United States. This biography provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.
William King (born 7 December 1959), also known as Bill King, is a Scottish writer of a number of science fiction and fantasy books, most notably in Games Workshop's Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 series, published by Games Workshop's fiction arm Black Library.
May 13, 2024 · Before he became the king of England, William I was one of the mightiest nobles in France as the duke of Normandy, but he is best remembered for leading the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, which changed the course of English history and earned him the sobriquet William the Conqueror.
In March 1853, King became the first and only vice president to be sworn in in a foreign country. Realizing that he was dying, King decided to return to the United States. He died on April 18, 1853, just one day after reaching his home in Alabama.
Oct 15, 2008 · William Lyon Mackenzie King was the dominant political figure in an era of major changes. He was leader of the Liberal Party from 1919 to 1948, and Prime Minister of Canada for almost 22 of those years.
