William H. King

Infobox Senator
name = William Henry King


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jr/sr = United States Senator
state = Utah
term_start = March 4, 1917
term_end = January 3, 1941
predecessor = George Sutherland
successor = Abe Murdock
order2 = 84th President pro tempore of the United States Senate
term_start2 = November 19, 1940
term_end2 = January 3, 1941
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predecessor2 = Key Pittman
successor2 = Pat Harrison
birth_date = June 3, 1863
birth_place = Fillmore, Utah
death_date = November 27, 1949 (aged 86)
death_place = Salt Lake City, Utah
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party = Democratic
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profession = Lawyer
religion = Mormon


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William Henry King (June 3, 1863 – November 27, 1949) was an American lawyer, jurist, and statesman from Salt Lake City, Utah. He represented Utah in the United States Senate from 1917 until 1941. He was a Democrat and has the interesting distinction of twice succeeding people who had earlier succeeded him (although in one case, B. H. Roberts was never actually seated.)

King was born in Fillmore, Utah Territory in 1863. He went to Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah and the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. He was the associate justice of the Utah Supreme Court between 1894 and 1896. He was elected to the 55th Congress and served between March 4, 1897 and March 3, 1899. He was not renominated in 1898. But he was elected again to fill the unseating of Brigham H. Roberts and served between April 2, 1900 and March 3, 1901. He ran for reelection in 1900 and again in 1902, but lost both times.

Years later, he was elected four times to the Senate and served between March 4, 1917 and January 3, 1941. He served as the President pro tempore of the Senate during the Seventy-sixth Congress.

He returned to Utah and died there in 1949. His son, David S. King, also served in Congress.

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