David S. King

David Sjodahl King
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah's 2nd district
In office January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963
Preceded by	William A. Dawson
Succeeded by	Sherman P. Lloyd
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah's 2nd district
In office January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967
Preceded by	Sherman P. Lloyd
Succeeded by	Sherman P. Lloyd
Personal details
Born	(1917-06-20)June 20, 1917 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Died	May 5, 2009(2009-05-05) (aged 91) Kensington, Maryland, United States
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Rosalie King
Children	8
Alma mater	University of Utah
Occupation	Lawyer
Religion	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)

David Sjodahl King (June 20, 1917 – May 5, 2009) was a representative from Utah. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Early life and education

King was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1917. He graduated from the University of Utah in 1937. From 1937 to 1939, he served as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Great Britain.^[1] After his mission, King attended and graduated from Georgetown University Law School. After serving as a clerk for Justice Howard M. Stephens of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 1943, King returned to Utah.

Legal and political career

In Utah, King served as counsel to the Utah Tax Commission from 1944 to 1946. He also was involved in private practice from 1945. From 1946 to 1958, he taught commercial law at Intermountain Business College. From 1948 to 1958, King was the second assistant to Elbert R. Curtis, who was the ninth General Superintendent of the church's Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association.

King was elected as a Democrat to the 86th and 87th United States Congresses between January 3, 1959 and January 3, 1963. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1962, choosing instead to run for a seat in the United States Senate. His senatorial campaign was unsuccessful. King was elected to the 89th Congress in 1964, but was defeated in his bid for reelection in 1966. He was appointed United States Ambassador to Madagascar and to Mauritius in January 1967 and in May 1968, respectively, serving in those two positions concurrently until August 1969.

During the 1970s and 1980s, King practiced law in Washington, D.C., and served as an alternate director at the World Bank. He retired in 1986 to devote his time to serving the LDS Church.

LDS Church service in retirement ^[2]

From July 1986 to June 1989, he served as president of the church's Haiti Port-au-Prince Mission. King served from September 1990 to 1993 as the president of the Washington D.C. Temple in Kensington, Maryland.^[3][4] In November 1994, he was called to serve as a patriarch for the Washington D.C. Stake and the District of Columbia District.

Family life

King was a resident of Kensington, Maryland where he lived with his wife of 61 years, Rosalie King. They are the parents of eight children. His father, William H. King, was a Senator from Utah. He was preceded in death by his sons David King Jr and Elliott West King. King died on May 5, 2009.^[5][6]

Genealogy

King was a direct descendant of Edmund Rice, an English immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony, as follows:^[7]

• David Sjodahl King, son of
  • William Henry King, (1863 – 1949), son of
  • William King (1834 – 1892), son of
  • Thomas Rice King (1813 – 1879),^[8] son of

• • Thomas King (1770 – 1845), son of
  • William King (1724 – 1793), son of

• • • • Ezra Rice King (1697 – 1746), son of
      • Samuel Rice King (1667 – 1713), son of
      • Samuel Rice (1634 – 1684), son of

• • • • Edmund Rice (1594 – 1663)

Published works

• King, David S. (2000), Come to the House of the Lord, Horizon Publishers & Distributors Inc., ISBN 0-88290-687-9 

See also

• Janne M. Sjödahl: maternal grandfather

References

v t e Members of the United States House of Representatives from Utah Territorial (1851–1895) Bernhisel Hooper Bernhisel Kinney Hooper G. Cannon Campbell G. Cannon Caine Rawlins F. Cannon One At-large seat (1895–1913) Allen W. King Roberts W. King Sutherland Howell Two At-large seats (1913–1915) Seat Howell Seat Johnson Districts (1915–present) 1st district Howell Welling Colton Murdock Granger Stringfellow Dixon Peterson Burton McKay Hansen Bishop 2nd district Mays Leatherwood Loofbourow Robinson Dawson Bosone Dawson D. King Lloyd D. King Lloyd Owens Howe Marriott Monson Owens Shepherd Greene Waldholtz Cook Matheson Stewart 3rd district Nielson Orton C. Cannon Chaffetz 4th district Matheson