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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriSamuel KNOX
(1815-1905)
KNOX, Samuel, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Blandford, Mass., on March
21, 1815; attended the common schools; was graduated from Williams
College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1836 and from the law department
of Harvard University in 1838; moved to St. Louis, Mo., in 1838;
was admitted to the bar and practiced; city counselor in 1845;
successfully contested as an Unconditional Unionist the election of
Francis P. Blair, Jr., to the Thirty-eighth Congress and served
from June 10, 1864, to March 3, 1865; unsuccessful for reelection
in 1864 to the Thirty-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of law
in St. Louis, Mo.; returned to Blandford, Mass., where he died
March 7, 1905; interment in Peabody Cemetery, Springfield,
Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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