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Thomas Starr King
American clergyman and abolitionist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other people named Tom King, see Tom King (disambiguation).
Thomas Starr King (December 17, 1824 ā March 4, 1864), often known as Starr King, was an American Universalist and Unitarian minister, influential in California politics during the American Civil War, and Freemason.[1] Starr King spoke zealously in favor of the Union and was credited by Abraham Lincoln with preventing California from becoming a separate republic. He is sometimes referred to as "the orator who saved the nation".[2][3]