Cecil Rhodes King (January 13 1898 – March 17 1974) was an American businessman and politician. King a Democrat served as the first member of the United States House of Representatives from California’s 17th congressional district for fourteen terms serving from August 1942 to January 1969. King was first elected by special election on August 25 1942 after previously serving out the term of Lee E. Geyer who had died in Washington D.C. on October 11 1941.
This page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "Cecil R. King"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
