rch when the federal consul administered him the oath of office thereby virtue of a special act of Congress. This was done at Ariadna, a plantation he was visiting. A Colonel John Chartrand in Mantanazas, Cuba, owned it. Unfortunately, after returning to the United States to his home in Alabama for a few days, King succumbed to tuberculosis. He did not step a foot in the capital to perform any duties regarding the office of the vice presidency. Upon his death, David R. Atchison of Missouri became the president pro tempore of the senate. (Nichols 243) King was buried in the family cemetery at Chestnut Hill, but his body was later moved to Live Oak cemetery in Selma. ...
