Henry King was a blacksmith who in 1878 became the third chief of police in Los Angeles, California.
[4][5] He was president of the Total Abstinence Society[6] and in 1876 was on a committee of the Irish Literary and Social Club "to receive and collect subscriptions" on behalf of "The Rescued Fenian Prisoners.
"[7] King was elected police chief by the Los Angeles Common Council on December 20, 1878.
[8] He was turned back in his bid for reelection in December 1880 when the council chose George E. Gard to replace him.
Late in life he resided in South Beach, Santa Monica, where he died on October 15, 1898.