He was the 13th US Vice President.
Franklin Pierce was the President of the United States when William Rufus King was the Vice President. King was only Vice President for 45 days before dying of tuberculosis.
Franklin Pierce was the president. William king was the vice president.
The 14th President of the United States was Franklin Pierce from March 4, 1853 to March 4, 1857. His Vice President was William King in 1853. William King died of tuberculosis after 45 days in Office. from 1853-1857 there was no Vice President.
William Rufus DeVane King, the only bachelor Vice-President, died of tuberculosis at the age of 67, on April 18, 1853. He was the third U.S. Vice-President to die in office.
William King was the 13th Vice President in 1853 under President Franklin Pierce (March 4, 1853 - March 4, 1857)
No U. S. Vice President to date has been born in Alabama. Alabama was the home state of one Vice President, William R. King, who was born in North Carolina.
The 14th President of the United States was Franklin Pierce from March 4, 1853 to March 4, 1857. His Vice President was William King in 1853. King died 45 days into his office and Pierce did not have a Vive President from 1853-1857
William H. Taft was the fattest president not vice president
Following the death in office of Vice-President William R. King, there was a vacancy in the office of Vice-President between April 18, 1853 and March 4, 1857, including the whole of 1854.
The 14th President of the United States was Franklin Pierce from March 4, 1853 to March 4, 1857. His Vice President was William King in 1853. King died 45 days into his office and Pierce did not have a Vive President from 1853-1857
William A Wheeler was vice president.
William R. King passed away in Selma, Alabama, on April 18, 1853, after just 45 days in the office of vice-President.