William F. Knowland
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! William Fife Knowland (June 26, 1908 ? February 23, 1974) was a United States politician, newspaperman, and Republican Party leader. He was a U.S. Senator from California, 1945 to 1959. He served as Senate Majority Leader in 1953-1955, as Minority Leader in 1955-1959. He succeeded his father, Joseph R. Knowland, as the editor and publisher of the Oakland Tribune. William F. "Bill" Knowland was born in the City of Alameda, Alameda County, California. His father, Joseph R. Knowland, was serving his third term as a U.S. Representative. He was the third ...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! William Fife Knowland (June 26, 1908 ? February 23, 1974) was a United States politician, newspaperman, and Republican Party leader. He was a U.S. Senator from California, 1945 to 1959. He served as Senate Majority Leader in 1953-1955, as Minority Leader in 1955-1959. He succeeded his father, Joseph R. Knowland, as the editor and publisher of the Oakland Tribune. William F. "Bill" Knowland was born in the City of Alameda, Alameda County, California. His father, Joseph R. Knowland, was serving his third term as a U.S. Representative. He was the third child, with an older sister, Elinor (1895-1978), and a brother, Joseph Russell "Russ" Knowland, Jr. (1901-1961). His grandfather, Joseph Knowland (1833-1912), had made the family fortune in the lumber business. His mother, Elinor Fife Knowland, died on July 20, 1908, less than a month after his birth. His father's second wife, Emelyn S. West, raised Knowland as her own son.
