Frank Knox
American, 1874 - 1944
Artillery Officer (1917-1919)
Publisher of the Chicago Daily News (1931-1940)
Republican Vice Presidential Nominee (1936)
United States Secretary of the Navy (1940)
Frank Knox fought in the army during World War I with the American Expeditionary Force's Seventy-eighth Division (1917-1919). After serving several positions as an army officer and newspaper publisher, Knox campaigned under Alf Landon as his vice-presidential candidate in 1936. Knox was defeated by Democratic vice-presidential nominee John Garner but was appointed as the Secretary of the Navy by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940.
Related Web LinksPublisher of the Chicago Daily News (1931-1940)
Republican Vice Presidential Nominee (1936)
United States Secretary of the Navy (1940)
Frank Knox fought in the army during World War I with the American Expeditionary Force's Seventy-eighth Division (1917-1919). After serving several positions as an army officer and newspaper publisher, Knox campaigned under Alf Landon as his vice-presidential candidate in 1936. Knox was defeated by Democratic vice-presidential nominee John Garner but was appointed as the Secretary of the Navy by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940.
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