EDWARD JOHN KING

King, Edward John (1867-1929), a Representative from Illinois; born in Springfield, Hampden, Mass., July 1, 1867; moved to Illinois with his parents, who settled in Galesburg, Knox County, in 1880; attended the public schools, and Knox College at Galesburg, Ill.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced practice in Galesburg, Ill.; city attorney in 1893 and 1894; member of the State house of representatives 1907-1914; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1915, until his death; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Sixty-seventh through Sixty-ninth Congresses); had been reelected to the Seventy-first Congress; died in Washington, D.C., February 17, 1929; interment in Hope Abbey Mausoleum, Hope Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
Parents:
John A King Hamburg, Fremont, IA abt 1842 Connecticut
Alice L King Hamburg, Fremont, IA abt 1845 Connecticut
Spouse: May B b. abt 1867 in Iowa
Children:
Ivan R King - Estimated birth year: abt 1896 in Illinois

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