King represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1819 to 1852. He was elected vice president of the United States in 1852 but died a few weeks after taking the oath of office in 1853.
Walker was a member of Alabama's territorial legislature in 1817, and he was a delegate to the constitutional convention of 1819. He represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1819 to 1822, serving as the state's first senator.
Gunter served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1847 to 1850. After the Civil War, he moved to Brazil, bought slaves, and had a plantation. This portrait hangs at the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
Plate 20 from FORTY ETCHINGS: FROM SKETCHES MADE WITH THE CAMERA LUCIDA, IN NORTH AMERICA IN 1827 AND 1828 by Captain Basil Hall. From the author's description: "The figure on the left in this Sketch, was a Black man in charge of a plantation in...
Plate 27 from FORTY ETCHINGS: FROM SKETCHES MADE WITH THE CAMERA LUCIDA, IN NORTH AMERICA IN 1827 AND 1828 by Captain Basil Hall. From the author's description: "All these Figures were sketched, by their own desire, at a house where we slept in the...
Plate 40 from FORTY ETCHINGS: FROM SKETCHES MADE WITH THE CAMERA LUCIDA, IN NORTH AMERICA IN 1827 AND 1828 by Captain Basil Hall. From the author's description: "The American Mail Stage in which we journeyed over so many wild as well as civilized...
Plate 33 from FORTY ETCHINGS: FROM SKETCHES MADE WITH THE CAMERA LUCIDA, IN NORTH AMERICA IN 1827 AND 1828 by Captain Basil Hall. From the author's description: "The Steam-Boats on the Mississippi, which are vessels from two to four hundred tons...
Crowell was a delegate to the United States House of Representatives from 1817 to 1819. After Alabama became a state, he served as a representative in the House from 1819 to 1821. He was appointed an agent for the Creek Indians from 1821 to 1836.