[1] After attending public school in Los Angeles, King enlisted in the United States Army during World War I.

Later that year, King ran unopposed in the general election for the full term and captured 92,260 votes, 99.8 percent of the total.

[7] King served as a member of the United States House Committee on Ways and Means, beginning a commitment that he would serve during twelve of his following thirteen terms in the House of Representatives, excluding only 1947-1948, during the 80th United States Congress.

[10] In the House elections on November 7, 1944, King again ran unopposed for state's 17th district, and captured 147,217 votes, nearly 100 percent.

[31] After nearly twenty-seven years of service, King was not a candidate for re-election in the 1968 House elections to the 91st United States Congress.