Victor A. Knox

Victor Alfred Knox ( born January 13, 1899 at the 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 U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Victor Knox attended the common schools and worked until 1943 in agriculture. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Republican Party. In the years 1923 and 1924, he served as treasurer in Soo Township. After that, he was from 1925 to 1931 District in his home district. Between 1937 and 1952, Knox sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Michigan. There he was temporarily President of the House and Republican majority leader. From 1943 to 1946 he headed the Farm Bureau ' in Chippewa County. During this time he was retailer of Klempnereiartikel and heating systems.

Knox was a member of the State Planning Commission and the Crime Commission. In the congressional elections of 1952 he was in the eleventh electoral district of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Charles E. Potter on January 3, 1953. After five re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1965 six legislative periods. In this time were, among others, the civil rights movement and the war in Vietnam. At that time also the 23rd and the 24th Amendment to the Constitution were adopted.

In the elections of 1964, Victor Knox defeated Democrat Raymond F. Clevenger. After he retired from politics. He died on 13 December 1976 in Petoskey.