Samuel G. King
Samuel George King | |
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File:Samuel George King.jpg | |
73rd Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
In office April 4, 1881 – April 7, 1887 |
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Preceded by | William S. Stokley |
Succeeded by | William Burns Smith |
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Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
May 2, 1816
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Political party | Democratic |
Samuel George King (May 2, 1816 – March 21, 1899) was an American politician. He served as the 73rd mayor of Philadelphia from 1881 to 1884. He was a member of the Democratic Party and was the last Democrat elected as mayor until 1952.[1]
Biography
King was born on May 2, 1816 in Philadelphia. In 1881, as a member of the Select Council, he ran for the mayoralty of Philadelphia against three-term incumbent William S. Stokley. The Philadelphia Republican establishment had not accepted Stokley as one of their own and prominent reformists such as Rudolph Blankenburg opposed Stokley for corruption.[2]
After the influential Committee of One Hundred voted to endorse Stokley, Blankenburg and John Paul Verree resigned their memberships.[3] The Committee reversed itself and endorsed King in the election. He defeated Stokley by a margin of nearly 5,800 votes.
In 1884, King ran for a second term, but Republican William Burns Smith defeated him by more than 9,000 votes.[4]
King died on March 21, 1899 and is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Preceded by | Mayor of Philadelphia 1881–1884 |
Succeeded by William Burns Smith |