Daniel Putnam King | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1843 – July 25, 1850 | |
| Preceded by | Leverett Saltonstall |
| Succeeded by | Robert Rantoul Jr. |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate | |
| In office 1838–1841 | |
| Member of the Massachusetts 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 a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Born in South Danvers, Massachusetts, now Peabody, Massachusetts King pursued classical studies at Phillips Academy, Andover, graduating in 1819. He graduated from Harvard 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 the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1836 and 1837. King served in the Massachusetts State Senate from 1838 to 1841, and was its President in 1840. King was again a member of the Massachusetts House in 1843 and 1844 and served as Speaker in the latter year.
King was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-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 through Thirty-first Congresses), Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Thirtieth Congress).
King died in South Danvers, on July 25, 1850, he was interred in King Cemetery in Peabody.
