Definition of william rufus de vane king in English English dictionary
v. born April 7, 1786, Sampson county, N.C., U.S. died April 18, 1853, Cahaba, Ala. U.S. politician. A member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina from 1811, he resigned from the House in 1816 to serve as secretary of legation to William Pinkney, the U.S. minister plenipotentiary to Russia. Upon his return, he moved to Alabama and became one of the state's first U.S. senators (1819-44, 1848-52). As minister to France from 1844 to 1846, he convinced the French government not to interfere with the U.S. annexation of Texas. In 1852 he was elected U.S. vice president under Franklin Pierce, but he died shortly after taking the oath of office
william rufus de vane king
Hyphenation
Wil·liam Ru·fus de vane King
Turkish pronunciation
wîlyım rufıs dı veyn kîng
Pronunciation
/ˈwəlyəm ˈro͞ofəs də ˈvān ˈkəɴɢ/ /ˈwɪljəm ˈruːfəs də ˈveɪn ˈkɪŋ/