William S. King
 Colonel William Smith King (December 16 1828 – February 24 1900) was a Republican United States Representative for Minnesota from March 4 1875 to March 3 1877. He engaged in a variety of other activities including journalism and surveying. King was born in Malone New York in Franklin County where he grew up and attended the local schools and did agricultural work. In 1846 he moved to Otsego County New York and worked as a solicitor for mutual insurance companies.