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King</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1880-06-02</span>)</span>June 2, 1880<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Cascade,_Iowa" title="Cascade, Iowa">Cascade, Iowa</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">October 17, 1962<span style="display:none">(1962-10-17)</span> (aged 82)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Douglaston,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Douglaston, New York">Douglaston, New York</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Academic career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison" title="University of Wisconsin–Madison">University of Wisconsin–Madison</a><br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Nebraska" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Nebraska">University of Nebraska</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Willford Isbell King</b> (June 2, 1880 – October 17, 1962) was an American statistician, economist, and chairman of the <a href="/wiki/National_Committee_to_Uphold_Constitutional_Government" title="National Committee to Uphold Constitutional Government">National Committee to Uphold Constitutional Government</a> (NCUCG). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willford_I._King&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>King was born in <a href="/wiki/Cascade,_Iowa" title="Cascade, Iowa">Cascade, Iowa</a> on June 2, 1880. King received his education from one-room schoolhouse teachers in <a href="/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska</a>. He attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Nebraska" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Nebraska">University of Nebraska</a>, graduating 1905. He received his <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy" title="Doctor of Philosophy">Doctor of Philosophy</a> degree from <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison" title="University of Wisconsin–Madison">University of Wisconsin–Madison</a> in 1913. </p><p>He went to <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> to become a statistician with the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Public_Health_Service" title="United States Public Health Service">United States Public Health Service</a> from 1917–1920. In 1917 he was elected as a <a href="/wiki/Fellow" title="Fellow">Fellow</a> of the <a href="/wiki/American_Statistical_Association" title="American Statistical Association">American Statistical Association</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1920, he moved on to become the economist for the <a href="/wiki/National_Bureau_of_Economic_Research" title="National Bureau of Economic Research">National Bureau of Economic Research</a>. In 1927, King moved on from public service to become an economics professor at <a href="/wiki/New_York_University" title="New York University">New York University</a>. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a>, King opposed the <a href="/wiki/New_Deal" title="New Deal">New Deal</a>. Instead, he advocated a sliding scale of wages based on production, no government intervention in business, currency expansion, the reduction of taxes in upper brackets, and the abolition of all levies on incomes of corporations and from invested capital.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1933, he founded the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Committee_on_Economic_Accord&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Committee on Economic Accord (page does not exist)">Committee on Economic Accord</a>. In 1945, King retired from NYU to become chairman of the Committee for Constitutional Government, Inc., he later would serve as an advisor. </p><p>King and his wife Jane Elizabeth Patterson, had three children, Harold J., Hugh Patterson., and Floralie Jane. </p><p>KIng's grandson, and his namesake, is Willford S. King of Boise, Idaho. Willford is the son of Harold J. King. </p><p>King died at his home in <a href="/wiki/Douglaston,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Douglaston, New York">Douglaston, New York</a> on October 17, 1962. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willford_I._King&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The Handbook of Accepted Economics</i></li> <li><i>Keys to Prosperity</i><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>The Elements of Statistical Method</i><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Income in the United States: Its Amount & Distribution 1909-1919</i></li> <li><i>The Wealth and Income of the People of the United States</i></li> <li>various articles on economics</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pamphlets">Pamphlets</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willford_I._King&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pamphlets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Are Food Subsidies Necessary?</i> (ca. 1944)</li> <li><i>Are The Upper Income Classes Getting an Increasing Share of the National Income?</i> (ca. 1944)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willford_I._King&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Program_for_Monetary_Reform" class="mw-redirect" title="A Program for Monetary Reform">A Program for Monetary Reform</a></i> (1939)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willford_I._King&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.amstat.org/awards/fellowslist.cfm">List of ASA Fellows</a>, retrieved 2016-07-16.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv64995">Guide to the Willford I. 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title="Richard Fletcher (American politician)">Richard Fletcher</a> (1839–1845)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_C._Shattuck&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George C. 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Neill</a> (1916)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allyn_Abbott_Young" title="Allyn Abbott Young">Allyn Abbott Young</a> (1917)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesley_Clair_Mitchell" title="Wesley Clair Mitchell">Wesley Clair Mitchell</a> (1918)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Adna_Hill" title="Joseph Adna Hill">Joseph Adna Hill</a> (1919)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_E._Roberts" title="George E. Roberts">George E. Roberts</a> (1920)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carroll_W._Doten&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carroll W. Doten (page does not exist)">Carroll W. Doten</a> (1921)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_S._Rossiter&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William S. Rossiter (page does not exist)">William S. Rossiter</a> (1922)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_M._Persons" title="Warren M. Persons">Warren M. Persons</a> (1923)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Israel_Dublin" title="Louis Israel Dublin">Louis Israel Dublin</a> (1924)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Chaddock" title="Robert E. Chaddock">Robert E. Chaddock</a> (1925)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1926–1950</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Porter_Ayres" title="Leonard Porter Ayres">Leonard Porter Ayres</a> (1926)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edmund_E._Day&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edmund E. Day (page does not exist)">Edmund E. Day</a> (1927)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Snyder" title="Carl Snyder">Carl Snyder</a> (1928)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Bidwell_Wilson" title="Edwin Bidwell Wilson">Edwin Bidwell Wilson</a> (1929)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_C._Rorty" title="Malcolm C. Rorty">Malcolm C. Rorty</a> (1930)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Fielding_Ogburn" title="William Fielding Ogburn">William Fielding Ogburn</a> (1931)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irving_Fisher" title="Irving Fisher">Irving Fisher</a> (1932)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_A._Rice_(statistician)" title="Stuart A. Rice (statistician)">Stuart A. Rice</a> (1933)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_C._Mills" title="Frederick C. Mills">Frederick C. Mills</a> (1934)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Willford I. King</a> (1935)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_S._Davis" title="Joseph S. Davis">Joseph S. Davis</a> (1936)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Randolph_Burgess" title="Warren Randolph Burgess">Warren Randolph Burgess</a> (1937)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_H._Coats" title="Robert H. Coats">Robert H. Coats</a> (1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Pearl" title="Raymond Pearl">Raymond Pearl</a> (1939)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=F._Leslie_Hayford&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="F. Leslie Hayford (page does not exist)">F. Leslie Hayford</a> (1940)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winfield_W._Riefler" title="Winfield W. Riefler">Winfield W. Riefler</a> (1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_J._Lotka" title="Alfred J. Lotka">Alfred J. Lotka</a> (1942)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emanuel_Goldenweiser" title="Emanuel Goldenweiser">Emanuel Goldenweiser</a> (1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_M._Walker" title="Helen M. Walker">Helen M. Walker</a> (1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_A._Shewhart" title="Walter A. Shewhart">Walter A. Shewhart</a> (1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isador_Lubin" title="Isador Lubin">Isador Lubin</a> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willard_Thorp" title="Willard Thorp">Willard Thorp</a> (1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_W._Snedecor" title="George W. Snedecor">George W. Snedecor</a> (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Kuznets" title="Simon Kuznets">Simon Kuznets</a> (1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_S._Wilks" title="Samuel S. Wilks">Samuel S. Wilks</a> (1950)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1951–1975</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lowell_Reed" title="Lowell Reed">Lowell Reed</a> (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aryness_Joy_Wickens" title="Aryness Joy Wickens">Aryness Joy Wickens</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Gemmell_Cochran" title="William Gemmell Cochran">William Gemmell Cochran</a> (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Marshall_(statistician)" title="Herbert Marshall (statistician)">Herbert Marshall</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_J._Watkins&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ralph J. Watkins (page does not exist)">Ralph J. Watkins</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gertrude_Mary_Cox" title="Gertrude Mary Cox">Gertrude Mary Cox</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_R._Leonard&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William R. Leonard (page does not exist)">William R. Leonard</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_E._Hoadley" title="Walter E. Hoadley">Walter E. Hoadley</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rensis_Likert" title="Rensis Likert">Rensis Likert</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_H._Hansen" title="Morris H. Hansen">Morris H. Hansen</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_R._Gainsbrugh" title="Martin R. Gainsbrugh">Martin R. Gainsbrugh</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Hauser" title="Philip Hauser">Philip Hauser</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raymond_T._Bowman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Raymond T. Bowman (page does not exist)">Raymond T. Bowman</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_H._Bowker" title="Albert H. Bowker">Albert H. Bowker</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._Allen_Wallis" title="W. Allen Wallis">W. Allen Wallis</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_F._Stephan" title="Frederick F. Stephan">Frederick F. Stephan</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Mosteller" title="Frederick Mosteller">Frederick Mosteller</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_H._Moore" title="Geoffrey H. Moore">Geoffrey H. Moore</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Ross_Eckler" title="A. Ross Eckler">A. Ross Eckler</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=T._A._Bancroft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="T. A. Bancroft (page does not exist)">T. A. Bancroft</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Churchill_Eisenhart" title="Churchill Eisenhart">Churchill Eisenhart</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Shaw" title="William H. Shaw">William H. Shaw</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clifford_G._Hildreth&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Clifford G. 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Martin">Margaret E. Martin</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_A._Bradley" title="Ralph A. Bradley">Ralph A. Bradley</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Kruskal" title="William Kruskal">William Kruskal</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Loree_Anderson" title="Richard Loree Anderson">Richard Loree Anderson</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=I._Richard_Savage&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="I. Richard Savage (page does not exist)">I. Richard Savage</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Neter" title="John Neter">John Neter</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Marquardt" title="Donald Marquardt">Donald Marquardt</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_A._Bailar" class="mw-redirect" title="Barbara A. Bailar">Barbara A. Bailar</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_V._Hogg" title="Robert V. Hogg">Robert V. Hogg</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janet_L._Norwood" title="Janet L. Norwood">Janet L. 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