Daniel Putnam King was a U.S. Representative

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 from Massachusetts

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Born in South Danvers, Massachusetts, now Peabody, Massachusetts

Peabody, Massachusetts

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 King pursued classical studies and graduated from Harvard University

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 in 1823.
He studied law, but did not practice.
He engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1836 and 1837.
He served in the State senate 1838–1841, and was its president in 1840.
He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1843 and 1844 and served as speaker in the latter year.

King was elected as a Whig

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 to the Twenty-eighth

28th United States Congress

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 and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1843, until his death in South Danvers, Massachusetts, July 25, 1850.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Twenty-eighth Congress), Committee on Accounts (Twenty-ninth

29th United States Congress

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 through Thirty-first

31st United States Congress

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 Congresses), Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Thirtieth

30th United States Congress

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 Congress).
He was interred in King Cemetery, Peabody, Massachusetts

Peabody, Massachusetts

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