Karl Clarence King was a Republican

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 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

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Karl C. King was born in Plevna, Kansas

Plevna, Kansas

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. He attended the Kansas State Teachers College

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 at Emporia, Kansas

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, Columbia University

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 in New York City

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, and the Wharton School of Business.

During the First World War King served in the United States Navy

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. He worked as a newspaper reporter in Kansas City

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, New York, and Philadelphia. He was engaged in farming and the farm supply business at Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

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 in 1922.

King was elected as a Republican to the 82nd Congress, by special election, November 6, 1951, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Albert C. Vaughn

Albert C. Vaughn

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. He was reelected to the two succeeding Congresses, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1956. He authored his autobiography, titled Prairie Dogs and Postulates."