Yelverton Peyton King (1794 - July 5, 1868) was an American lawyer, legislator, and diplomat from

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. King was born in

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about twelve miles outside

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. He graduated from the

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and was admitted to the country bar at age 22. He was soon elected solicitor of the Ocmulgee circuit. He also served in the Georgia General Assembly. In 1851, he was appointed Chargé d'Affaires to New Granada by President

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, and resigned in April 1853 due to poor health. King married Eliza F. Strain and had five children. He died on July 5, 1868.Biographical Souvenir of the States of Georgia and Florida
p. 489-90 (1889)Yelverton P. King (1794-1868)
U.S. Department of State, Retrieved July 18, 2012(28 July 1868)
Obituary
''New York Evening Express''

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1794 births 1868 deaths University of South Carolina alumni 19th-century American diplomats {{GeorgiaUS-politician-stub