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William Franklin Knox was an American politician, soldier, newspaper editor, and publisher. He was the Republican vice presidential candidate in 1936 and Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosev
Knox, c. 1943
Admiral Harold R. Stark and Secretary Knox reading on a train in England in 1943
Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter administers the oath of office to Knox as Secretary of the Navy at the White House, as President Franklin D. Roosevelt looks on (July 11, 1940).
Rough Riders
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 3, 1936. In the midst of the Great Depression, the Democratic ticket of incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt and incumbent Vice P
Frank Knox
…in France. After the war he returned to the newspaper business. In 1931, Frank Knox became publisher and part owner of the Chicago Daily News. In the 1936 election, he was the Republican nominee for vice president under Alf Landon. Landon, Knox, and former President Herbert Hoover were the only supporters of…
FDR in 1933
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Governor Alf Landon of Kansas
Publisher Frank Knox from Illinois (withdrew; endorsed Landon)