William F. Knowland

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United States senator human journalist newspaper publisher politician

William F. Knowland was a prominent mid-20th-century Republican U.S. Senator from California who served as Senate Majority Leader and was influential in shaping Cold War-era foreign policy.

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William Fife Knowland 1

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instanceOf United States senator ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
newspaper publisher ⓘ
politician ⓘ
appointedBy Earl Warren ⓘ
birthDate 1908-06-26 ⓘ
birthPlace Alameda, California ⓘ
surface form: Alameda, California, United States
causeOfDeath suicide by firearm ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1974-02-23 ⓘ
deathPlace Guerneville, California, United States ⓘ
editorOf Oakland Tribune ⓘ
educatedAt University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
endTime 1959-01-03 ⓘ
endTimeAsSenateMajorityLeader 1955-01-03 ⓘ
endTimeAsSenateMinorityLeader 1959-01-03 ⓘ
familyName Knowland ⓘ
father Joseph R. Knowland ⓘ
fullName William F. Knowland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: William Fife Knowland
givenName William ⓘ
ideology conservatism ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Senate ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
notableFor leadership in the United States Senate during the early Cold War ⓘ
strong anti-communist foreign policy positions ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
newspaper publisher ⓘ
politician ⓘ
owned Oakland Tribune ⓘ
positionHeld California State Assembly member ⓘ
Senate Majority Leader ⓘ
surface form: Senate Majority Leader of the United States

Senate Minority Leader of the United States ⓘ
United States Senator from California ⓘ
precededAsMajorityLeaderBy Robert A. Taft ⓘ
precededAsMinorityLeaderBy Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
precededBy Hiram Johnson ⓘ
represented California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
spouse Colleen McNally ⓘ
Helen Herrick ⓘ
startTime 1945-08-26 ⓘ
startTimeAsSenateMajorityLeader 1953-01-03 ⓘ
startTimeAsSenateMinorityLeader 1955-01-03 ⓘ
succeededAsMajorityLeaderBy Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
succeededAsMinorityLeaderBy Everett Dirksen ⓘ
succeededBy Clair Engle ⓘ

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85th United States Congress → SenateMinorityLeader → William F. Knowland ⓘ
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this entity surface form: William Fife Knowland
U.S. Senator Clair Engle → precededByInSenate → William F. Knowland ⓘ
subject surface form: Clair Engle