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Knowland family of Oakland, California

Emelyn West Knowland (1884-1950) — also known asEmelyn Knowland;Emelyn West;Mrs.Joseph R. Knowland —of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Craddockville,AccomackCounty, Va.,January9, 1884.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromCalifornia,1932.Female.Died in Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,July 14,1950 (age66 years, 186days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.

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Joseph Russell Knowland (1873-1966) — also known asJoseph R. Knowland — of Alameda,AlamedaCounty, Calif.; Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.; Piedmont,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Alameda,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,August5, 1873.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1899-1903; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1903-04;U.S.Representative from California, 1904-15 (3rd District 1904-13,6th District 1913-15); candidate forU.S.Senator from California, 1914; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from California,1916(alternate),1920,1928,1932,1944.Died ofpneumoniain Piedmont,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,February1, 1966 (age92 years, 180days).Cremated;ashes interred atChapelof Memories, Oakland, Calif.

	Relatives: Sonof Hannah Bailey (Russell) Knowland and Joseph Knowland; married,April 2,1884, to Ella Johnson 'Ellie' Fife; married1952 toClarice Ella Cook; married1909 toEmelynWest; father ofWilliamFife Knowland (who marriedHelenDavis Herrick).
		Political family:Knowlandfamily of Oakland, California.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial

	Relatives:Married1909 toJosephRussell Knowland; step-mother ofWilliamFife Knowland.
		Political family:Knowlandfamily of Oakland, California.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Helen Davis Whyte (1907-1981) — also known asHelen Davis Herrick;Helen DavisKnowland —of Piedmont,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Nevada,July 12,1907.Republican.Honored guest, Republican National Convention,1956.Female.Died inAlamedaCounty, Calif.,March 8,1981 (age73 years, 239days).Cremated;ashes interred atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.

	Relatives:Daughter of Henry Clay Herrick, Jr. and Estelle M. (Davis) Herrick;married to Charles Johnson Whyte; married,December31, 1927, toWilliamFife Knowland (son ofJosephRussell Knowland).
		Political family:Knowlandfamily of Oakland, California.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

William Fife Knowland (1908-1974) — also known asWilliam F. Knowland — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.; Piedmont,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Alameda,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,June 26,1908.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1933-35; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1935-39; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom California,1936(alternate),1940(member,ArrangementsCommittee),1948,1952,1956(TemporaryChair;speaker),1964(delegation chair),1968;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from California, 1938-42; served in the U.S.Army during World War II;U.S.Senator from California, 1945-59; candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1958.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Eagles;Moose;Elks;NativeSons of the Golden West.Died from aself-inflicted gunshotwound at his summer home near Guerneville,SonomaCounty, Calif.,February23, 1974 (age65 years, 242days).Cremated;ashes interred atChapelof Memories, Oakland, Calif.; cenotaph atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.

	Relatives:Step-son ofEmelynWest Knowland; son ofJosephRussell Knowland and Ella Johnson (Fife) Knowland; married,December31, 1927, toHelenDavis Herrick; married,April29, 1972, to Ruth Ann Dickson.
		Political family:Knowlandfamily of Oakland, California.
		Campaign slogan (1946): "We will notsurrender."
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail
		Books about William F. Knowland: GayleB. Montgomery & James W. Johnson,OneStep from the White House: The Rise and Fall of Senator William F.Knowland
		Image source: Official Report of the22nd Republican National Convention (1940)

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