RUFUS KING
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This Liberty ship was named
for Rufus King
(1755-1827). Rufus King was Founding Father of the United States, lawyer,
politician, and diplomat. King was a Massachusetts delegate to the Continental Congress, attendee to the
Constitutional Convention, and signer of the U.S. Constitution. King served as
a U.S. Senator from New York from 1789-1796 and again from 1813-1825, and U.S.
Minister to Great Britain from 1796-1803 and again from 1825-1826. King was
also a Federalist candidate for U.S. Vice President in 1804 and 1808, and the
Federalist candidate for President of the U.S. in 1816.
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