Goodwin Knight

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

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Goodwin Knight canonical 7

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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
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
militaryBranch United States Navy
militaryRank seaman
nativeLanguage English
notableWork Governor of California
surface form: 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
surface form: 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
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States

Sacramento
surface form: Sacramento, California, United States
sexOrGender male
signature Signature of Goodwin Knight
spouse Arvilla Knight
Virginia Knight
startTime 1953-10-05
stateRepresented California, United States
surface form: California
succeededBy Pat Brown
workedAs superior court judge in Los Angeles County

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Earl Warren succeededBy Goodwin Knight
Goodwin hasNotableBearer Goodwin Knight
Virginia Knight spouse Goodwin Knight
Arvilla Knight spouse Goodwin Knight
Arvilla Knight spouseName Goodwin Knight