King, WILLIAM RUFUS

King, WILLIAM RUFUS, vice-president of the United States, was born in North Carolina, 6th April 1786, and was admitted to the bar in 1806. He was a member of the legislature for three years, was returned to congress as a War-Democrat in 1810, and represented Alabama in the senate from 1820 to 1844. He was then minister to France for two years, and a senator again from 1848 to 1853, when he became vice-president. He died, however, on 18th April of the same year.