About Robert Emmet King
Lived 1848 – 1921 (aged 72–73). Robert Emmet King was an American politician.
Robert Emmet King (1848 – November 11, 1921) was mayor of Louisville, Kentucky for 17 days in 1896. He was an undertaker, and elected to the Board of Aldermen in 1894. He served as president of that body from 1895 to 1897, except during his brief term as mayor. He was appointed the mayor pro tem after Henry S. Tyler died in office. King was thus the first Republican mayor of the city.
He retired to Indiana farm after his public career ended. He was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Robert Emmet King was born in 1848 in Louisville.
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Robert Emmet King died on 11 November 1921 in Louisville.
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