andrew, king, representative, andrew, king, march, 1812, november, 1895, member, united, states, house, representatives, representing, missouri, late, 19th, century, member, democratic, party, andrew, kingcareer, edita, democrat, king, notably, first, congress. Andrew King March 20 1812 November 18 1895 was a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Missouri in the mid to late 19th century He was a member of the Democratic Party Andrew KingCareer editA Democrat King notably was the first congressperson to propose a nationwide ban on interracial marriage in the United States which he did in 1871 King proposed an amendment to the United States Constitution to ban interracial marriage because he feared that the Fourteenth Amendment ratified in 1868 to give equal civil rights to the emancipated ex slaves the Freedmen as part of the process of Reconstruction would render laws against interracial marriage unconstitutional External links edit nbsp Biography portal Andrew King at Find a Grave U S House of Representatives Preceded byDavid P Dyer Member of the U S House of Representatives from Missouri s 9th congressional districtMarch 4 1871 March 3 1873 Succeeded byIsaac Parker nbsp This article about a Missouri politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Andrew King representative amp oldid 1198582207, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
