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PHILANDER CHASE KNOX (1853– )
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PHILANDER See also: American lawyer and See also: political See also: leader, was See also: born in See also: Brownsville, Pennsylvania, on the 4th of May 1853
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He graduated from See also: Mount Union See also: College (See also: Ohio) in 1872, and was admitted to the Pennsylvania See also: bar in 1875
.
He settled in See also: Pittsburg, where he continued in private practice, with the exception of two years' service (1876–1877) as assistant See also: United States See also: district attorney, acquiring a large practice as a corporation lawyer
.
In See also: April 1901 he became attorney-general of the United States in the See also: cabinet of President See also: McKinley, and retained this position after the accession of President See also: Roosevelt until See also: June 1904. when he was appointed by Governor Pennypacker of Pennsylvania to fill the unexpired See also: term of See also: Matthew S
.
Quay in the United States Senate; in 1905 he
was re-elected to the Senate for the full term
.
In See also: March 1909 he became secretary of
See also: state in the cabinet of President Taft
.
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