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William Knowland
William F. Knowland
United States Senator from California (1945–1959).
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Sex or Gender
Male
Country of Citizenship
United States
Occupation
Politician
Publisher
(1933 - )
Position Held
15 items
Majority Leader
(8/4/1953 - 1/3/1955)
Minority Leader
(1/3/1955 - 1/3/1959)
Member of the California State Assembly
(November 1932 - 1934)
Chairperson
(1940 - 1942)
President
(1966 - )
Chair of United States Senate Republican Policy Committee
(1/3/1953 - 8/4/1953)
Member of the State Senate of California
(1935 - 1939)
Chairperson
(1940 - 1942)
United States Senator
(8/26/1945 - 1/3/1947)
United States Senator
(1/3/1947 - 1/3/1949)
United States Senator
(1/3/1949 - 1/3/1951)
United States Senator
(1/3/1951 - 1/3/1953)
United States Senator
(1/3/1953 - 1/3/1955)
United States Senator
(1/3/1955 - 1/3/1957)
United States Senator
(1/3/1957 - 1/3/1959)
Date of Birth
6/26/1908
Date of Death
2/23/1974
Educated At
University of California, Berkeley
(1929)
Alameda High School
(1925)
Primary School
Member of Political Party
Instance Of
Place of Birth
Place of Death
Image
Family Name
Given Name
Child
Religion or Worldview
Father
Relative
Member Of
Award Received
Significant Event
Residence
Place of Burial
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
Name in Native Language
Work Location
Manner of Death
Mother
Republican Party
Human
Alameda
Guerneville
Knowland
William
Joe Knowland
Estelle Knowland Johnson
Methodism
Joseph R. Knowland
Joseph Knowland
Kinship to Subject
:
Grandfather
Eileen Shearer
Kinship to Subject
:
Cousin
Zeta Psi
American Campaign Medal
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Army of Occupation Medal
Marriage
(12/31/1926 - 3/15/1972)
Start Time
:
12/31/1926
End Time
:
3/15/1972
Divorce
(3/15/1972)
Point in Time
:
3/15/1972
Marriage
(4/29/1972 - 1972)
Start Time
:
4/29/1972
End Time
:
1972
Guerneville
Mountain View Cemetery
English
William F. Knowland
Washington, D.C.
Sacramento
Suicide
Elinor Fife Knowland
Instance Of
:
Newspaper
Location
:
Oakland
Start Time
:
1933
Replaces
:
Robert A. Taft
Replaced By
:
Lyndon B. Johnson
Start Time
:
8/4/1953
End Time
:
1/3/1955
Replaces
:
Lyndon B. Johnson
Replaced By
:
Everett Dirksen
Start Time
:
1/3/1955
End Time
:
1/3/1959
Start Time
:
November 1932
End Time
:
1934
Employer
:
Republican National Committee
Start Time
:
1940
End Time
:
1942
Employer
:
Oakland Tribune
Start Time
:
1966
Replaces
:
Robert A. Taft
Replaced By
:
Homer S. Ferguson
Start Time
:
1/3/1953
End Time
:
8/4/1953
Start Time
:
1935
End Time
:
1939
Instance Of
:
Executive Committee of the Petrograd Soviet
Start Time
:
1940
End Time
:
1942
Replaces
:
Hiram Johnson
Parliamentary Term
:
79th United States Congress
Parliamentary Group
:
Republican Party
Appointed By
:
Earl Warren
Electoral District
:
California Class 1 Senate Seat
Elected In
:
1946 United States Senate Special Election in California
Start Time
:
8/26/1945
End Time
:
1/3/1947
Parliamentary Term
:
80th United States Congress
Parliamentary Group
:
Republican Party
Electoral District
:
California Class 1 Senate Seat
Elected In
:
1946 United States Senate Election in California
Start Time
:
1/3/1947
End Time
:
1/3/1949
Parliamentary Term
:
81st United States Congress
Parliamentary Group
:
Republican Party
Electoral District
:
California Class 1 Senate Seat
Elected In
:
1946 United States Senate Election in California
Start Time
:
1/3/1949
End Time
:
1/3/1951
Parliamentary Term
:
82nd United States Congress
Parliamentary Group
:
Republican Party
Electoral District
:
California Class 1 Senate Seat
Elected In
:
1946 United States Senate Election in California
Start Time
:
1/3/1951
End Time
:
1/3/1953
Parliamentary Term
:
83rd United States Congress
Parliamentary Group
:
Republican Party
Electoral District
:
California Class 1 Senate Seat
Elected In
:
1952 United States Senate Election in California
Start Time
:
1/3/1953
End Time
:
1/3/1955
Parliamentary Term
:
84th United States Congress
Parliamentary Group
:
Republican Party
Electoral District
:
California Class 1 Senate Seat
Elected In
:
1952 United States Senate Election in California
Start Time
:
1/3/1955
End Time
:
1/3/1957
Replaced By
:
Clair Engle
Parliamentary Term
:
85th United States Congress
Parliamentary Group
:
Republican Party
Electoral District
:
California Class 1 Senate Seat
Elected In
:
1952 United States Senate Election in California
Start Time
:
1/3/1957
End Time
:
1/3/1959
Academic Major
:
Political Science
Academic Degree
:
Bachelor's Degree
Point in Time
:
1929
Point in Time
:
1925
Location
:
Alameda
Object of Statement Has Role
:
Public School
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