What is William R. King?
{{Infobox Vice President | name=William R. King| image=William Rufus DeVane King 1839 portrait.jpg | order=13th [[Vice President of the United States]] | term_start= March 4, 1853 | term_end= April 18, 1853<!-- Prior to the passage of the 20th Amendment, presidential terms ended at 11:59:59 on March 3. --> | president=[[Franklin Pierce]] | predecessor=[[Millard Fillmore]] | successor=[[John C. Breckinridge]] | birth_date={{birth date|1786|4|7|mf=y}} | birth_place=[[Sampson County, North Carolina]] | death_date={{death date and age|1853|04|18|1786|04|07}} | death_place=[[Selma, Alabama|Selma]], [[Dallas County, Alabama]] | party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | spouse= }} '''William Rufus DeVane King''' (April 7, 1786 – April 18, 1853) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[North Carolina]], a [[United States Senate|senator]] from [[Alabama]], and the thirteenth [[vice president of the United States]]. Excluding [[John Tyler]] and [[Andrew Johnson]] — both of whom ascended to the presidency — he was the shortest-serving person to occupy that office (45 days, ''see [[List of vice presidents of the United States by time in office]]''). {{USVicePresidents}} {{USSenPresProTemp}} {{US Senate Deans}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:King, William R.}} [[Category:1786 births]] [[Category:1853 deaths]] [[Category:Vice presidents of the United States]] [[Category:United States senators from Alabama]] [[Category:Politicians from North Carolina]] [[Category:Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate]] [[Category:Deans of the United States Senate]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:19th-century American politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}}