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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—CaliforniaWilliam Fife KNOWLAND
(1908-1974)
Senate Years of Service:
1945-1959Party: RepublicanKNOWLAND, William Fife,
(son of Joseph Russell Knowland), a Senator from California; born
in Alameda, Alameda County, Calif., June 26, 1908; attended the
public schools and graduated from the University of California at
Berkeley in 1929; engaged in the newspaper publishing business in
Oakland, Calif., in 1933; member, California State assembly
1933-1935; member, State senate 1935-1939; Republican National
committeeman from California 1938-1942 and chairman of the
executive committee 1940-1942; served in the Second World War as an
enlisted man and officer; was serving overseas when appointed on
August 14, 1945, as a Republican to the United States Senate to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hiram W. Johnson; assumed
office August 26, 1945, and was subsequently elected November 5,
1946, to fill the unexpired term ending January 3, 1947, and at the
same time elected for the six-year term ending January 3, 1953;
reelected in 1952 and served from August 26, 1945, to January 2,
1959; was not a candidate for renomination in 1958; majority leader
1953-1955; minority leader 1955-1959; chairman, Republican Policy
Committee (Eighty-third Congress); unsuccessful candidate for
Governor of California in 1958; resumed his newspaper career and
took an active interest in civic affairs in the Oakland, Calif.,
area; died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his summer home
near Guerneville, Calif., February 23, 1974; interment in Chapel of
Memories Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Montgomery, Gayle B., and James
W. Johnson. One Step From the White House: The Rise and Fall of
Senator William F. Knowland. Berkeley, Calif.: University of
California Press, 1998; Flynn, Matthew J. “Reconsidering the
China Lobby: Senator William F. Knowland and U.S.-China Policy,
1945-1958.” Ph.d. dissertation, Ohio University, 2004.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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