James Edward King Jr. (September 15, 1874 – March 9, 1947), born Oscar Folsom Cleveland, was the biological son of Maria Halpin and Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Cleveland made payments to Maria Halpin after the boy was born.[1] Grover Cleveland acknowledged that he was likely Oscar Folsom Cleveland's father.[1] During the 1884 U.S. presidential election the controversy prompted Cleveland's opponents to adopt the chant, "Ma, ma, where's my pa?"[2][3] The baby was adopted as James E. King Jr. into the family of Dr. James E. King Sr., the Buffalo, New York physician who supervised the asylum where Halpin was briefly confined.[4][3][5] Dr. King (the younger) had a long career as a highly regarded obstetrician/gynecologist and medical school instructor; for many years he supervised Buffalo Women's Hospital (founded in 1885 as Buffalo Maternity Hospital).[6][7] Dr. King was married to Rose A. Kleinschmidt Weber in 1910,[8] but they were separated or divorced sometime before 1917,[9] and had no children together.[6][4] King enjoyed travel and frequently provided pro bono medical care to indigent women in the community.[6]
James E. King Jr. | |
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| Born | Oscar Folsom Cleveland 1876 Buffalo, New York |
| Died | 1947 Buffalo, New York |
| Occupation | Physician |
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edit- ^ a b Sibley, Katherine A.S., ed. (2016). A Companion to First Ladies. John Wiley & Sons. p. 269. ISBN 9781118732243.
- ^ Matthew Yglesias (January 15, 2010). "Historic Sex Scandals". ThinkProgress. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
- ^ a b Serratore, Angela (September 26, 2013). "President Cleveland's Problem Child". smithsonianmag.com. Smithsonian/The Smithsonian. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
- ^ a b Kendall, Joshua (2016). First Dads: Parenting and Politics from George Washington to Barack Obama. Grand Central Publishing. p. 147. ISBN 9781455551965.
- ^ Lachman, Charles (2011). A Secret Life: The Sex, Lies, and Scandals of President Grover Cleveland. Skyhorse Publishing. p. 202. ISBN 9781616082758.
- ^ a b c "Medical Pioneer Dead: Dr. James E. King, Noted Specialist, Dies at Age of 71" The Buffalo News, March 10, 1947. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news-medical-pioneer-dead-d/160394323/
- ^ "Buffalo City Directory, 1895". nyheritage.contentdm.oclc.org. Retrieved 2024-12-07.
- ^ Ancestry.com. New York State, Marriage Index, 1881–1967. Original data: New York State Marriage Index, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY.
- ^ United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918, FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WQ2N-5W6Z Entry for James Edward or James E King and Sara H King, from 1917 to 1918.
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