David Sjodahl King (June 20, 1917 – May 5, 2009) was a representative from Utah. He served three terms between 1959 and 1967.
David Sjodahl King | |
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| 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 |
| In office January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 | |
| Preceded by | Sherman P. Lloyd |
| Succeeded by | Sherman P. Lloyd |
| United States Ambassador to Madagascar | |
| In office January 26, 1967 – August 16, 1969 | |
| President | Lyndon B. Johnson Richard M. Nixon |
| Preceded by | C. Vaughan Ferguson, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Anthony D. Marshall |
| United States Ambassador to Mauritius | |
| In office July 29, 1968 – August 16, 1969 | |
| President | Lyndon B. Johnson Richard M. Nixon |
| Preceded by | William B. Hussey |
| Succeeded by | William D. Brewer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 20, 1917 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| Died | May 5, 2009 (aged 91) Kensington, Maryland, United States |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Rosalie King |
| Children | 8, including Jody |
| Education | University of Utah Georgetown University Law School |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Early life and education
editKing 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
editKing 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 LDS 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
editFrom July 1986 to June 1989, he served as president of the church's Haiti Port-au-Prince Mission. From September 1990 to 1993 he was president of the Washington D.C. Temple in Kensington, Maryland.[2][3] In 1994, he was called as patriarch of the Washington D.C. Stake and the church's district for the District of Columbia.[4]
Family life
editKing was a resident of Kensington, Maryland where he lived with his wife of 61 years, Rosalie King. They were the parents of eight children, including Josephine "Jody" Olsen who became Director of the Peace Corps in 2018. 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. David King died on May 5, 2009.[5][6]
Genealogy
editKing was a direct patrilineal 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
edit- King, David S. (2000), Come to the House of the Lord, Horizon Publishers & Distributors Inc., ISBN 0-88290-687-9
See also
edit- Janne M. Sjödahl: maternal grandfather
References
edit- ^ David Sjodahl King biography in the Congressional Biography database
- ^ "New temple presidents", Church News, June 16, 1990
- ^ "New temple presidents", Church News, June 12, 1993
- ^ "President David Sjodahl King", Haiti Port-au-Prince Mission Alumni, retrieved 12 Oct 2012
- ^ "David S. King obituary". Washington Post. 7 May 2009. Retrieved 9 Aug 2009.
- ^ "David King, prominent Demo from Utah dies". Deseret News 9 May 2009. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved 9 Aug 2009.
- ^ Edmund Rice (1638) Association, 2007. Descendants of Edmund Rice: The First Nine Generations.
- ^ "Thomas Rice King". Early Latter Day Saints; Mormon Trail Database. Retrieved 21 Sep 2010.
Further reading
edit- (1994) "King, David Sjodahl" article in the Utah History Encyclopedia. The article was written by Doris F. Salmon and the Encyclopedia was published by the University of Utah Press. ISBN 9780874804256. Archived from the original on November 3, 2022 and retrieved on June 12, 2024.