Daniel Putnam King
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's2nd district
In office March 4, 1843 – July 25, 1850
Preceded by	Leverett Saltonstall
Succeeded by	Robert Rantoul Jr.
Member of theMassachusetts Senate
In office 1838–1841
Member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1836–1837 1843–1844
Personal details
Born	January 8, 1801 South Danvers, Massachusetts
Died	July 25, 1850 (aged 49) South Danvers, Massachusetts
Resting place	King Cemetery, Peabody, Massachusetts.
Political party	Whig
Alma mater	Harvard University
Occupation	Agriculture

Daniel Putnam King (January 8, 1801 – July 25, 1850) was aU.S. representative fromMassachusetts.

Born in South Danvers, Massachusetts, nowPeabody, Massachusetts King pursued classical studies atPhillips Academy, Andover, graduating in 1819. He graduated fromHarvard University in 1823 and he also studied law.

Although he studied law, King was not a practicing attorney, instead he engaged in agricultural pursuits.

King served as member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives in 1836 and 1837.King served in theMassachusetts State Senate from 1838 to 1841, and was itsPresident in 1840. King was again a member of theMassachusetts House in 1843 and 1844 and served asSpeaker in the latter year.

King was elected as aWhig to theTwenty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1843, until his death on July 25, 1850. King served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Twenty-eighth Congress), Committee on Accounts (Twenty-ninth throughThirty-first Congresses), Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Thirtieth Congress).

King died inSouth Danvers, on July 25, 1850, he was interred in King Cemetery inPeabody.

• 61st Massachusetts General Court (1840)
• 62nd Massachusetts General Court (1841)
• 64th Massachusetts General Court (1843)
• List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1790–1899)

• United States Congress."Daniel P. King (id: K000198)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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