president James Buchanan while the two served in the Senate. Ī lifelong bachelor, King lived for 15 years in the home of future U.S. At the time of his son's birth, he owned more than two dozen slaves. Constitution, and was an occasional member of the North Carolina state assembly. His father, a wealthy planter and justice of the peace, had fought in the Revolutionary War, served as a delegate in the state convention called to ratify the U.S.
William Rufus Devane King was born in Sampson County, North Carolina, on April 7, 1786, the second son of William King and Margaret Devane. He was elected Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket with Franklin Pierce in 1852 and took the oath of office March 24, 1853, in Havana, Cuba, where he had gone for his health, which was a privilege extended by special act of Congress returned to his plantation, “King’s Bend,” Alabama, and died there Apinterment in a vault on his plantation reinterment in Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Dallas County, Ala. William Rufus de Vane King, a Representative from North Carolina, a Senator from Alabama, and a Vice President of the United States born in Sampson County, N.C., Apto William Rufus King and Margaret DeVane. 3.8 The 3rd Vice President to Die in Officeġ3th Vice President of the United States Summary.3.7 Only US Executive Official to Take the Oath of Office on Foreign Soil.3.6 The Only Vice President From The State of Alabama.3.4 One of Alabama's First United States Senators.3.2 United States House of Representatives.1 13th Vice President of the United States.
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