diff --git a/gtsam/discrete/TableDistribution.cpp b/gtsam/discrete/TableDistribution.cpp
index b74acbbd1..6669cea4a 100644
--- a/gtsam/discrete/TableDistribution.cpp
+++ b/gtsam/discrete/TableDistribution.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,19 @@ TableDistribution::TableDistribution(
       table_(TableFactor(keys, potentials)) {}
 
 /* ************************************************************************** */
+TableDistribution::TableDistribution(const DiscreteKeys& keys,
+                                     const std::vector<double>& potentials)
+    : BaseConditional(keys.size(), keys, DecisionTreeFactor(keys, ADT())),
+      table_(TableFactor(keys, potentials)) {}
+
+/* ************************************************************************** */
+TableDistribution::TableDistribution(const DiscreteKeys& keys,
+                                     const std::string& potentials)
+    : BaseConditional(keys.size(), keys, DecisionTreeFactor(keys, ADT())),
+      table_(TableFactor(keys, potentials)) {}
+
+/* **************************************************************************
+ */
 TableDistribution::TableDistribution(const TableFactor& joint,
                                      const TableFactor& marginal)
     : BaseConditional(joint.size() - marginal.size(),
@@ -72,12 +85,6 @@ void TableDistribution::print(const string& s,
   for (const_iterator it = beginFrontals(); it != endFrontals(); ++it) {
     cout << formatter(*it) << " ";
   }
-  if (nrParents()) {
-    cout << "| ";
-    for (const_iterator it = beginParents(); it != endParents(); ++it) {
-      cout << formatter(*it) << " ";
-    }
-  }
   cout << "):\n";
   table_.print("", formatter);
   cout << endl;
diff --git a/gtsam/discrete/TableDistribution.h b/gtsam/discrete/TableDistribution.h
index a1c463e0e..655774f04 100644
--- a/gtsam/discrete/TableDistribution.h
+++ b/gtsam/discrete/TableDistribution.h
@@ -62,12 +62,35 @@ class GTSAM_EXPORT TableDistribution : public DiscreteConditional {
   TableDistribution(const TableFactor& f);
 
   /**
-   * Construct from DiscreteKeys and SparseVector, taking the first
-   * `nFrontals` keys as frontals, in the order given.
+   * Construct from DiscreteKeys and SparseVector.
    */
   TableDistribution(const DiscreteKeys& keys,
                     const Eigen::SparseVector<double>& potentials);
 
+  /**
+   * Construct from DiscreteKeys and std::vector.
+   */
+  TableDistribution(const DiscreteKeys& keys,
+                    const std::vector<double>& potentials);
+
+  /**
+   * Construct from single DiscreteKey and std::vector.
+   */
+  TableDistribution(const DiscreteKey& key,
+                    const std::vector<double>& potentials)
+      : TableDistribution(DiscreteKeys(key), potentials) {}
+
+  /**
+   * Construct from DiscreteKey and std::string.
+   */
+  TableDistribution(const DiscreteKeys& key, const std::string& potentials);
+
+  /**
+   * Construct from single DiscreteKey and std::string.
+   */
+  TableDistribution(const DiscreteKey& key, const std::string& potentials)
+      : TableDistribution(DiscreteKeys(key), potentials) {}
+
   /**
    * @brief construct P(X|Y) = f(X,Y)/f(Y) from f(X,Y) and f(Y)
    * Assumes but *does not check* that f(Y)=sum_X f(X,Y).