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The 25-Day Vice-President

Alabama's Rufus de Vane King

by Jeffrey K. Smith

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Beloved by some, ridiculed by others.

William R. King devoted most of his adult life to public service. North Carolina born, King migrated to the newly established Alabama Territory in 1819 and became a prominent member of the affluent, slave-holding cotton planter aristocracy. King not only helped found a city but also personally named the new community. After his adopted territorial home was admitted as the Union’s 22nd state, King served as one of Alabama’s first U.S. Senators. King spent nearly three decades serving in the Senate, interrupted by an influential two-year stint as U.S. Ambassador to France. An anomaly in the Antebelleum-era Deep South, King staunchly advocated maintaining and perpetuating the institution slavery but never transformed into a fire-eating secessionist. As a Moderate Democrat in the Heart of Dixie, King was a compromiser who endeavored to ease sectional divide. Only death prevented him from witnessing inevitable disunion and the horrors of the Civil War. While often overlooked in the annals of American history, King’s journey was noteworthy, controversial, and ultimately tragic. Historians have frequently spent more time questioning King’s presumed sexual orientation than documenting his accomplishments. William R. King was an active participant during a tumultuous era in American history. He witnessed the United States become a world power while the nation, not yet a century-old, simultaneously approached bloody disunion over slavery.

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Paperback
Format: 6 x 9 Black & White Paperback, 190 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (Nov 21, 2024)
ISBN10: 1977279015
ISBN13: 9781977279019
Genre: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political

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Jeffrey K. SmithJeffrey K. Smith is a physician and author. A native of Enterprise, Alabama, he earned his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Alabama. After completing residency training at the William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute (now known as the University of South Carolina Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science), he entered private practice in Upstate South Carolina. Along with his wife, Anne, they reside in Greer, South Carolina. They are the proud parents of two sons and daughters-in-law as well as a pair of beloved and spoiled dogs. Dr. Smith is the author of three murder mystery novels and 20 works of non-fiction. The latter narratives represent his “Bringing History Alive” series.
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