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Congress passed a special act allowing him to take the oath of office outside the United States. King was sworn in as America’s 13th vice president in Matanzas, Cuba, on March 24, 1853.
Seattle’s long-ago battle to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. January 18, 2021 at 5:15 am Activist Eddie Rye, Jr. stands next to the mural of Martin Luther King, Jr. near Cherry Street and MLK Jr. Way. (Feliks Banel) LISTEN: Seattle’s long-ago battle to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Your browser does not support the audio element. It’s fairly well known around Washington state that King County is named in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Of course, when it was originally named back in 1852, what’s now the State of Washington wa...