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Philander Chase Knox
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As Secretary of State
Reorganized the department on a divisional basis
Extended merit system to the Diplomatic Service up to the grade of chief of mission, pursued a policy of encouraging and protecting American investments abroad
Accomplished the settlement of the Bering Sea controversy
Foreign Travels of Secretary of State Philander Knox
Foreign Relations of the United States:
1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913
Profile
Born: May 6, 1853
Died: October 12, 1921
Married: Lillie Smith
Education: Mount Union College
Occupation: Lawyer
Government Positions
Assistant United States States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania 1876-1877
Attorney General in the Cabinets of Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt 1901-1904
Senator from Pennsylvania 1904-1909 and in 1917-1921
Notable Events
Pennsylvania Bar Association in 1897
Counsel for the Carnegie Steel Company, took a prominent part in organizing the United States Steel Corporation in 1901
Unsuccessful candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1908