Editing William R. King (section)

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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070810123804/http://www.alabamamoments.state.al.us/sec09.html Who is William Rufus King?]
* ''[https://archive.org/search.php?query=William%20Rufus%20King%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts Obituary addresses on the occasion of the death of the Hon. William R. King, of Alabama, vice-president of the United States : delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, eighth of December, 1853]''

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