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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsWilliam Shadrach KNOX
(1843-1914)
KNOX, William Shadrach, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Killingly, Conn.,
September 10, 1843; moved with his parents to Lawrence, Mass., in
1852; attended the public schools and Amherst (Mass.) College;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1866 and commenced practice
in Lawrence; member of the State house of representatives in 1874
and 1875; city solicitor of Lawrence in 1875, 1876, and 1887-1890;
elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the three
succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1903); chairman,
Committee on Territories (Fifty-fifth through Fifty-seventh
Congresses); was not a candidate for renomination; president of the
Arlington National Bank of Lawrence; died in Lawrence, Mass.,
September 21, 1914; interment in Bellevue Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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