William F. Knowland

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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 F. Knowland canonical 3
William Fife Knowland 1

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Predicate Object
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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84th United States Congress hasKeyFigure William F. Knowland
William F. Knowland fullName William F. Knowland self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: William Fife Knowland
U.S. Senator Clair Engle precededByInSenate William F. Knowland
subject surface form: Clair Engle