Philip Knopf

Philip button (* November 18, 1847 in Long Grove, Lake County, Illinois; † August 14, 1920 in Chicago, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1903 and 1909 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Philip Button attended the common schools. During the Civil War he served in an infantry unit from Illinois in the army of the Union. In 1866 he moved to Chicago. For a year he studied at Bryan and Stratton 's College. Until 1884 he worked in the craft. After that, he served for eight years as a coroner (Chief Deputy Coroner ). At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. Between 1884 and 1896 belonged button on the Illinois Senate; 1894 to 1902 he worked in the administration of Cook County. In June 1896 he was a delegate attended the Republican National Convention in St. Louis, was nominated on the William McKinley as a presidential candidate. He was also a member of the State Board of his party.

In the congressional elections of 1902 button in the seventh constituency of Illinois was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of George Edmund Foss on March 4, 1903. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1909 three legislative periods. Since 1905 he was chairman of the committee responsible for supervising the expenditure of the Ministry of Finance.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Philip button no longer politically joined in appearance. He died on August 14, 1920 in Chicago, where he was also buried.