Rufus King (lawyer)
| Rufus King | |
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| 5th President of the University of Cincinnati | |
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In office 1860–1869 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas J. Biggs |
| Succeeded by | Robert Buchanan |
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May 30, 1817 Chillicothe, Ohio |
| Died | March 25, 1891 (aged 73) Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Resting place | Spring Grove Cemetery |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Rives |
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| Religion | Episcopal |
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Rufus King was a lawyer from Cincinnati, Ohio who served as Dean of the Cincinnati Law School and president of the University of Cincinnati in the late nineteenth century. He also served as president of a convention that met to write a new constitution for the state of Ohio, and authored a history of the state of Ohio.
Rufus King was born May 30, 1817 at Chillicothe, Ohio. His parents were Edward King and Sarah (Worthington) King. His grandfathers were Senator Rufus King and Governor Thomas Worthington. He entered Kenyon College, and transferred to Harvard University, where he graduated. He studied law under Joseph Story at Harvard Law School, and moved to Cincinnati, Ohio in March, 1841, where he was admitted to the bar.
On May 18, 1843, King married Margaret Rives, daughter of Dr. Landon C. Rives, of Cincinnati, and niece of William Cabell Rives. Margaret's sister Anna married into Cincinnati's Longworth family. Rufus and Margaret King had no children.
Woodward High School and Hughes High School were established and endowed separately. In 1851, their management was consolidated, and King was elected president of the board of managers in 1853, a position he held the rest of his life. He was also a member of the board of education of Cincinnati, (for primary schools), from 1851 to 1866, and was president of the board for eleven years.
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