Goodwin Knight

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Governor of California human politician

Goodwin Knight was an American Republican politician who served as the 31st governor of California in the 1950s.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Governor of California → human → politician →
appointedBy	Earl Warren →
burialPlace	Inglewood Park Cemetery →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
conflict	World War I →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1896-12-09 →
dateOfDeath	1970-05-22 →
educatedAt	Cornell University → Stanford University → University of Southern California →
endTime	1959-01-05 →
era	20th-century American politics →
ethnicGroup	European American →
familyName	Knight →
givenName	Goodwin →
honorificPrefix	Governor →
legalEducation	studied law at Stanford University →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Republican Party (United States) →
militaryBranch	United States Navy →
militaryRank	seaman →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableWork	Administration as Governor of California, 1953–1959 →
occupation	lawyer → politician →
officeAssumedAsLieutenantGovernor	1947-01-06 →
officeLeftAsLieutenantGovernor	1953-10-05 →
orderInOffice	31st Governor of California →
partyRole	Republican leader in California politics →
placeOfBirth	Provo, Utah, United States →
placeOfDeath	Inglewood, California, United States →
positionHeld	Governor of California → Judge → Lieutenant Governor of California →
precededBy	Earl Warren →
religion	Presbyterianism →
residence	Los Angeles, California, United States → Sacramento, California, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
signature	Signature of Goodwin Knight →
spouse	Arvilla Knight → Virginia Knight →
startTime	1953-10-05 →
stateRepresented	California →
succeededBy	Pat Brown →
workedAs	superior court judge in Los Angeles County →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Goodwin →	hasNotableBearer
California Governor's Mansion →	hasResidentGovernor
Lieutenant Governor of California →	officeHoldersInclude
Virginia Knight →	spouse
Earl Warren →	succeededBy