William Knowland
✓ Source-basedrisingUnited States Senator from California (1945-1959)
William Fife Knowland was an American politician and newspaper publisher. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from California from 1945 to 1959. He was Senate Majority Leader from August 1953 to January 1955 after the death of Robert A.
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Political advertisement for Knowland's first Assembly campaign published in the Alameda Times-Star, August 29, 1932
Knowland (top row, second from right) in uniform with fellow servicemen, 1942
Knowland atop an elephant at a circus in Orange County, California, during his unsuccessful run for California Governor in 1958
Knowland with his son Joseph and daughter Emelyn, 1932Awards 4
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Frank Maxwell AndrewsAlso won American Campaign Medal
William H. SimpsonAlso won World War II Victory Medal
William H. RupertusAlso won World War II Victory Medal
Howard UnruhAlso won European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
Anna Mae HaysAlso won Army of Occupation Medal
Frederick C. WeyandAlso won Army of Occupation MedalAbout this person
William Fife Knowland was an American politician and newspaper publisher. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from California from 1945 to 1959. He was Senate Majority Leader from August 1953 to January 1955 after the death of Robert A. Taft, and would be the last Republican Senate Majority Leader until Howard Baker in 1981.
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