John T. Knox

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John Theryll Knox (born September 30, 1924 in Reno , Nevada , † April 4, 2017 in Richmond , California ) was an American politician and lawyer . He was a member of the California State Assembly and Speaker Pro Tempore from 1960 to 1980 . Knox was a member of the Democratic Party .

Knox was born in Reno in 1924 and moved to California with his parents in 1929. He served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II . He received his bachelor's degree from Occidental College and his law degree from Hastings College of the Law . Knox was inducted into the California Bar Association in 1953 and worked as a lawyer in Richmond, where he died in April 2017 after a long illness.

Honors

A six and a half mile stretch of Interstate 580 , which runs from the Richmond – San Rafael Bridge to Richmond, is officially known as the John T. Knox Freeway . The Knox-Nisbet Act of 1963 made this route possible.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexander C. Vassar: Legislators of California . 2011 ( media.onevoter.org [PDF; accessed November 23, 2016]).
  2. ^ California State Archives, Sacramento (ed.): John T. Knox papers, 1961–1980 . University of California, Berkeley, OCLC 26631925 ( socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu ).
  3. ↑ a b Sam Richards: John T. Knox, longtime Contra Costa Assemblyman, dies. In: East Bat Times. April 5, 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2017 .
  4. ↑ California Highways: Interstate 580 - Richmond-San Rafael Bridge to Richmond . Cahighways.org. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
  5. ^ The Knox-Nisbet Act and the District Reorganization Act of 1965 . 1971, OCLC 21849545 .
personal data
SURNAME Knox, John T.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knox, John Theryll (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Reno , Nevada
DATE OF DEATH 4th April 2017
Place of death Richmond , California