During his attacks on Senator Eugene McCarthy, Johnson's challenger in the New Hampshire primary, King questioned McCarthy's national loyalty and also warned that a strong vote for "the appeaser," would be "greeted with cheers in Hanoi."[1]
john, king, other, people, named, john, king, john, king, disambiguation, john, william, king, october, 1916, august, 1996, american, lawyer, jurist, democratic, politician, from, manchester, hampshire, received, undergraduate, degree, from, harvard, college, . For other people named John King see John King disambiguation John William King October 10 1916 August 9 1996 was an American lawyer jurist and Democratic politician from Manchester New Hampshire He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College and his law degree from Columbia Law School in 1943 He practiced law in Manchester and served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives In 1962 he was elected governor of New Hampshire becoming only the third Democratic governor of the Granite State in 88 years and the first since Fred Herbert Brown lost the 1924 election After his three terms as the 71st governor of New Hampshire he served on the New Hampshire Supreme Court from 1979 and as its Chief Justice from 1981 until 1986 John William King71st Governor of New HampshireIn office January 3 1963 January 2 1969Preceded byWesley PowellSucceeded byWalter R Peterson Jr Member of the New Hampshire House of RepresentativesPersonal detailsBorn 1916 10 10 October 10 1916Manchester New HampshireDiedAugust 9 1996 1996 08 09 aged 79 Manchester New HampshirePolitical partyDemocraticAs Governor King instituted the first state lottery in the nation since 1894 He was a major hawk and a fierce supporter of President Lyndon B Johnson during the Vietnam War and the 1968 presidential election During his attacks on Senator Eugene McCarthy Johnson s challenger in the New Hampshire primary King questioned McCarthy s national loyalty and also warned that a strong vote for the appeaser would be greeted with cheers in Hanoi 1 King was a Roman Catholic and after his death in 1996 he was buried in the New St Joseph s Cemetery in Bedford New Hampshire References edit Thomas Robert McG Jr 14 August 1996 John W King 79 Governor Who Instituted State Lottery The New York Times Retrieved 18 February 2017 External links editKing at New Hampshire s Division of Historic Resources National Governors Association profile John W King at Find a GraveParty political officesPreceded byBernard L Boutin Democratic nominee for Governor of New Hampshire1962 1964 1966 Succeeded byEmile R BussierePreceded byAlfred Catalfo Jr Democratic nominee for U S Senator from New Hampshire Class 3 1968 Succeeded byJohn A DurkinPolitical officesPreceded byWesley Powell Governor of New Hampshire1963 1969 Succeeded byWalter R Peterson Jr nbsp nbsp This article about a New Hampshire politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John W King amp oldid 1128498151, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
