| − | During his time in the Senate, Knowland's wife Helen carried an extramarital affair with his Michigan senatorial colleague Arthur Edson Blair Moody.<ref name=strangepoliticalnature>FascinatingPolitics (February 24, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/02/24/the-strange-political-nature-of-the-1950s/ The Strange Personal Nature of Political Leadership of the 1950s]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 22, 2021.</ref> Unaware of his wife's infidelity, Knowland coincidentally carried an affair with Moody's wife Ruth. | + | During his time in the Senate, Knowland's wife Helen carried an extramarital affair with his Michigan senatorial colleague Arthur Edson Blair Moody, known as Blair Moody.<ref name=strangepoliticalnature>FascinatingPolitics (February 24, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/02/24/the-strange-political-nature-of-the-1950s/ The Strange Personal Nature of Political Leadership of the 1950s]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 22, 2021.</ref> Unaware of his wife's infidelity, Knowland coincidentally carried an affair with Moody's wife Ruth. |