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