 was killed by Vice President Aaron Burr in a duel. And on the state in 1977, the Medal of Freedom was awarded posthumously to Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. in a White House ceremony. John Quincy Adams, born in the state, the sixth U.S. President of the United States, who was also an influential diplomat, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Congressional Representative, born in the state in 1767. Ewell Brenner, 1920, actor well-known for his typecast roles as Stern Rulers in films such as The King and I, The Ten Commandments.