David S. King
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David Sjodahl King (Born June 20, 1917) was a representative from Utah. He was a Democrat.
King was born in Salt Lake City in 1917. He graduated from the University of Utah at Salt Lake City in 1937. He was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth and Eighty-seventh Congresses between January 3, 1959 and January 3, 1963. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1962. He ran for the Senate but lost. He was elected to the 89th Congress. He ran for reelection in 1966 but lost. He was appointed United States Ambassador to the Malagasy Republic and to Mauritius in January 1967 and in May 1968, respectively, and served in those two positions concurrently until August 1969. He is a resident of Pétionville, Haiti.
His dad, William H. King, was a Senator from Utah.