Victor A. Knox

Victor A. Knox

Victor Alfred Knox (born January 13, 1899 in Chippewa County , Michigan , †  December 13, 1976 in Petoskey , Michigan) was an American politician . Between 1953 and 1965 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Victor Knox attended the public schools in his home country and then worked in agriculture until 1943. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1923 and 1924 he served as a treasurer in Soo Township . He was then from 1925 to 1931 district administrator in his home district. Between 1937 and 1952, Knox was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives . There he was temporarily President of the House and Republican parliamentary group leader. From 1943 to 1946 he headed the Farm Bureau in Chippewa County. During this time he became a retailer of plumbing and heating equipment.

Knox was a member of the State Planning Commission and the Crime Commission. In the 1952 congressional elections he was elected to the Eleventh constituency of Michigan in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Charles E. Potter on January 3, 1953 . After five re-elections, he was able to complete six legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1965 . During this time, among other things, the civil rights movement and the beginning of the Vietnam War fell . The 23rd and 24th amendments to the Constitution were also passed at that time.

In the 1964 elections, Victor Knox was defeated by the Democrat Raymond F. Clevenger . Then he withdrew from politics. He died in Petoskey on December 13, 1976.

Web links

• Victor A. Knox in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Victor A. Knox in the database of Find a Grave (English)