Adam King (congressman)

Adam King (January 20, 1783 – May 6, 1835) was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

He studied medicine in the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia and commenced practice in York.

[2] On January 29, 1825, Dr. Adam King, Col. M.H.Spangler, and Jacob Spangler escorted Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette and his son George Washington Lafayette, who were touring America, to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

They returned to York on February 2, where they were greeted by six military companies and large crowds of people hailing Lafayette.

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