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For Vice-President
One was defeated; one was elected
but never served — two eminent but
little known North Carolinians.
By E. E. PATTON
William Rufus de Vane King was
born in North Carolina in the year
1786, the year David Crockett was
born in the State of Franklin, now the
State of Tennessee. He graduated from
the University of North Carolina; be¬
came a lawyer and was elected to the
Legislature in 1791, when he was only
21 years of age. He was elected to Con¬
gress and served from 1811 to 1816
when he resigned in order to be Secre¬
tary of Legation in Naples and St.
Petersburg.
Returned to the United States and
settled in Alabama where he was a
delegate to the convention which
framed the first constitution of that
state. He was elected to the United
States Senate in 1818, and served con¬
tinuously until 1841 when he resigned
in order to become American minister
to France where he served with dis¬
tinction from 1844 until 1848.
Again elected to the U. S. Senate
and served from July 1, 1848, until
December 20, 1852. He resigned the
senatorship because he had been
elected Vice-President on the ticket
with Franklin Pierce of New- Hamp¬
shire. He had contracted tuberculosis
and he went to Cuba in the hope that
his health would be restored, but lie
grew gradually worse and was unable
to attend the inaugural ceremonies in
Washington, March 4, 1853. A special
resolution by Congress permitted him
to take the oath of office before the
American consul in Habana, Cuba. He
returned to his home in Alabama
where he died on April 18, 1853. He
was President pro tempore of the Sen¬
ate more times than any other member
of that body.
Joseph Lane was born in Buncombe
County, N. C.. on December 14, 1801.
His parents moved to Kentucky when
he was a small lad. From there they
moved to Indiana and he began the
practice of the law and where he served
in the State House of Representatives
1822, 1823, 1831-33 and in the State
Senate 1844 to 1846. It will be noted
that, like William R. King, he was
elected to the legislature when he was
only 21 years of age. He served with
distinction in the Mexican War and
was appointed Governor of the Terri¬
tory of Oregon from March 3, 1849,
until June 18, 1850. He was a Dele¬
gate to Congress from Oregon from
1851 to 1859. President Pierce re¬
appointed him governor and he served
from May 16 to May 18, 1853 —
TWO days.
He was elected to the United Senate
and served from February 14, 1859,
to March 3, 1861. The Southern wing
of the Democratic party nominated
him on the ticket with John C. Breckin¬
ridge in 1860 but they. John Bell and
Stephen A. Douglas, were overwhelm¬
ingly defeated by Abraham Lincoln.
Governor-Senator Lane died in
1881 and was buried in the Masonic
cemetery in Roseburg. Oregon.
King: a vice-president-elect, sworn
into office in a foreign country; held
many offices; resigned most of them.
Governor - Senator Lane: lived in
many states; active in all of them; a
man of ability.
Jotcph Lone
THE STATE. August 25. 1956
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