Alexander Campbell King

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Alexander Campbell King (December 7, 1856 – July 25, 1926) was an American lawyer and judge who played a major role in railroad law. He was the 16th Solicitor General of the United States from November 21, 1918, to May 24, 1920, under President Woodrow Wilson. He then served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from May 24, 1920, to December 31, 1924, succeeding Don Albert Pardee and later followed by Rufus Edward Foster. King was a founding partner of the law firm King & Spalding.

Born in Charleston, South Carolina, he read law in 1875 at age 19 and began private practice in Atlanta, representing several railroad companies as counsel. He worked as assistant general counsel and general counsel for various railroads, including the Atlanta & West Point Railroad, the East & West Railroad of Alabama, and the Richmond and Danville Railroad. In 1916 he earned a civil law degree from Sewanee: The University of the South.

In addition to his legal work, King served as a counselor for the American Red Cross and contributed to the Georgia State Bar Examiners. After leaving the bench, he returned to private practice in Atlanta and helped form King & Spalding (later the firm King, Spalding, MacDougal & Sibley). He died in Flat Rock, North Carolina, and was buried in Atlanta, leaving behind his wife, Alice May Fowler, and two sons.