"Thomas Starr King was not a big man, standing just 5 feet 2 and weighing about 120 pounds. But his admirers say the 19th-century Unitarian minister and California transplant left an outsize legacy in his adopted state.
King, whose eloquent oratory is often credited with having helped keep California in the Union during the Civil War, was later honored in bronze as one of the state's two representatives in the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall. The state's other representative there is Father Junipero Serra, the founder of California's missions.
But in June, King lost his place in the hall when his statue was removed, replaced by a likeness of a better-known Californian, President Reagan."
King, whose eloquent oratory is often credited with having helped keep California in the Union during the Civil War, was later honored in bronze as one of the state's two representatives in the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall. The state's other representative there is Father Junipero Serra, the founder of California's missions.
But in June, King lost his place in the hall when his statue was removed, replaced by a likeness of a better-known Californian, President Reagan."