Philander Chase Knox was an American lawyer, bank director and politician.
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30 Facts About Philander Knox
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Philander Knox served under President William McKinley until McKinley was assassinated in September 1901, and Philander Knox continued to serve under President Theodore Roosevelt until 1904, when he resigned to accept appointment to the Senate.
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Philander Knox won re-election to the Senate in 1905 and unsuccessfully sought the 1908 Republican presidential nomination.
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From that post, Philander Knox reorganized the State Department and pursued dollar diplomacy, which focused on encouraging and protecting US investments abroad.
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Philander Knox returned to private practice in 1913 after Taft lost re-election.
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Philander Knox won election to the Senate in 1916 and played a role in the Senate's rejection of the Treaty of Versailles.
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Philander Chase Knox was born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, one of nine children of Rebecca and David S Knox, a banker.
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Philander Knox attended public school in Brownsville, graduating at the age of 15.
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Philander Knox attended West Virginia University for a time, and then Mount Union College, where he graduated in 1872 with a bachelor of arts degree.
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Philander Knox then returned to Brownsville, and was occupied for a short while as a printer at the local newspaper, then as a clerk at the bank where his recently deceased father had worked.
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In 1880, Philander Knox married Lillian "Lillie" Smith, the daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Darsie Smith.
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Philander Knox's father was a partner in a steel company known as Smith, Sutton and Co.
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Philander Knox was admitted to the bar in 1875 and practiced in Pittsburgh.
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Philander Knox became a leading Pittsburgh attorney in partnership with James Hay Reed, their firm being Philander Knox and Reed.
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In 1897 Philander Knox became President of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
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Philander Knox was a member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, which had a clubhouse upriver of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
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Philander Knox and Reed successfully argued that the dam's failure was a natural disaster which was an Act of God, and no legal compensation was paid to the survivors of the flood.
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In 1901, Philander Knox was appointed as US Attorney General by President William McKinley and was re-appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt.
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Philander Knox told President Roosevelt: "I think, it would be better to keep your action free from any taint of legality, " made in regard to the construction of the Panama Canal.
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In June 1904, Knox was appointed by Governor Samuel W Pennypacker of Pennsylvania to fill the unexpired term of the late Matthew S Quay in the United States Senate.
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Philander Knox made an unsuccessful bid for the Republican Party nomination in the 1908 US presidential election.
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Philander Knox was at first found to be constitutionally ineligible, because Congress had increased the salary for the post during his Senate term, thus violating the Ineligibility Clause.
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In particular, Philander Knox had been elected to serve the term from March 4,1905 to March 3,1911.
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Philander Knox served as Secretary of State in Taft's cabinet until March 5,1913.
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Philander Knox felt that not only was the goal of diplomacy to improve financial opportunities, but to use private capital to further US interests overseas.
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In 1916, Philander Knox was elected by popular vote to the Senate from Pennsylvania for the first time, after passage of the Seventeenth Amendment providing for such popular elections.
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At the 1920 Republican National Convention, Philander Knox was considered a potential compromise candidate who could unite the progressive and conservative factions of the party.
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Philander Knox's nickname was "Sleepy Phil, " as he was said to have dozed off during board meetings, or because he was cross-eyed.
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