New York Times, 30 Sept 1887. "From the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, Sept. 25. "The Hon. JOHN P. KING, of this city, who is summering with his family in Asheville, N. C., is the oldest ex-Senator living. He was born at Glascow [sic], Barren County, Ky., in 1799, and moved to Augusta in 1815. He was admitted to the Bar in 1819, before he attained his majority. He was appointed to the Senate to fill the unexpired term of Senator George W. Troupe Nov. 21, 1833. He as elected by the Legislature to succeed himslf, and took his seat in March, 1835. He resigned from the Senate in 1837, and was succeeded by the Hon. Wilson Lumpkin." Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/