Samuel G. King

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Samuel George King
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73rd Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
In office
April 4, 1881 – April 7, 1887
Preceded by William S. Stokley
Succeeded by William Burns Smith
Personal details
Born (1816-05-02)May 2, 1816
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
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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.

References

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Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Philadelphia
1881–1884		 Succeeded by
William Burns Smith
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