William Shadrach Knox (September 10, 1843 – September 21, 1914) was a

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who served from 1895 to 1903. Knox was the son of William Shadrach Knox Sr and Rebecca Walker, and the grandson of Samuel Knox and Mary Kimbell and Jimmy Walker and Hannah Richardson. Born in

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, he moved with his parents to Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1852; he attended the public schools and Amherst College where he studied the law. He was admitted to the bar in 1866 and commenced practice in Lawrence. In 1874 he became a member of the State house of representatives in 1874 and 1875, and he was city solicitor of Lawrence in 1875, 1876, and 1887-1890. Knox was elected as a

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to the Fifty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903). There he served as chairman, in the Committee on Territories (Fifty-fifth through Fifty-seventh Congresses). He was not a candidate for renomination. Later, he became president of the Arlington National Bank of Lawrence. He died in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1914 and was interred in Bellevue Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Knox, William Shadrach 1914 deaths Politicians from Lawrence, Massachusetts Amherst College alumni 1843 births Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts 19th-century American politicians

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