DANIEL PUTNAM KING

King, Daniel Putnam (1801-1850), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Danvers, Essex, Mass., January 8, 1801; pursued classical studies and was graduated from Harvard University in 1823; studied law, but did not practice; engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of representatives in 1836 and 1837; served in the State senate 1838-1841, and was its president in 1840; again a member of the State house of representatives in 1843 and 1844 and served as speaker in the latter year; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1843, until his death in South Danvers, Mass., July 25, 1850; chairman, Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Twenty-eighth Congress), Committee on Accounts (Twenty-ninth through Thirty-first Congresses), Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Thirtieth Congress); interment in King Cemetery, Peabody, Mass.
Parents:
Daniel KING 1769–1846
Phoebe UPTON 1780–1850
Spouse:
Sarah Page FLINT
Born: 10 Dec 1800 Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts
Died: 22 Jan 1875 North Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
Marriage: 8 Feb 1824 Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts
Children
Ellen Maria KING 1825–
Caroline Watts KING 1826–
Sarah Page KING 1828–
Benjamin Flint KING 1830–
Daniel Webster KING 1833–1918
Edward Everett KING 1835–
Rebecca Cleavers KING 1837–

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Massachusetts Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell