Henry King (police officer)

Henry King was a blacksmith who in 1878 became the third chief of police in Los Angeles, California. He served two terms of more than two years each, from December 5, 1878, to December 11, 1880, and from December 11, 1881, to June 30, 1883.

As stated in An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California, Chicago, the Lewis Publishing Company, 1889, p. 746, at :

King was born in County Down, Ireland on May 26, 1832, but was brought up in St. Louis, Missouri, where he learned his trade. He came to the Pacific Coast in 1854, and "went to the mines in Amador County, where he spent one year, and the following year came to Los Angeles. . . .He was employed as a journeyman for ten years, after which he engaged in business for himself . . . . After a few years he went to San Francisco, where he resided six years, and then returned to Los Angeles and opened his present shop on Aliso street."

King was married on September 12, 1860, to Helen Costin of New York State. They had three sons and five daughters (Lewis).

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Police appointments
Preceded by Emil Harris	Chief of LAPD 1878–1880	Succeeded by George E. Gard
Preceded by George E. Gard	Chief of LAPD 1881–1883	Succeeded by Thomas J. Cuddy

Chiefs of the Los Angeles Police Department

1876–1900	Gerkens Harris King Gard King Cuddy McCarthy Horner J. W. Davis Skinner Darcy Cuddy Loomis Benedict Cooney Burns Glass

1900–1926	Elton Hammell Auble Kern Broadhead Dishman Galloway Sebastian Snively Butler Home Murray Pendegast Jones Everington Oaks Vollmer Heath

1926–1950	J. E. Davis Steckel J. E. Davis Davidson Hohmann Horrall Worton

1950–2002	Parker Brown Reddin Murdock E. M. Davis Rock Gates Williams Lewis Parks

2002–present	Pomeroy Bratton Downing Beck

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Henry King (police officer)

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