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===U.S. Senate===

===U.S. Senate===

After the death of incumbent [[RINO]] senator [[Hiram Johnson|Hiram Warren Johnson]], then-governor of [[California]] [[Earl Warren]] appointed Knowland as an interim to the seat.<ref name="William Knowland: A Featured Biography">[https://www.senate.gov/senators/FeaturedBios/Featured_Bio_KnowlandWilliam.htm William Knowland: A Featured Biography]. ''United States Senate''. Retrieved April 22, 2021.</ref> Warren was later successfully nominated to the [[United States Supreme Court]] by President [[Dwight Eisenhower]].

After the death of incumbent [[RINO]] senator [[Hiram Johnson|Hiram Warren Johnson]], then-governor of [[California]] [[Earl Warren]] appointed Knowland as an interim to the seat.<ref name="William Knowland: A Featured Biography">[https://www.senate.gov/senators/FeaturedBios/Featured_Bio_KnowlandWilliam.htm William Knowland: A Featured Biography]. ''United States Senate''. Retrieved April 22, 2021.</ref> During this time, Knowland was serving in [[World War II]] as an enlisted officer and military historian for the U.S. in [[Europe]], learning of his appointment from a newspaper.<ref name="William E Knowland Is Apparent Suicide; Ex‐Senator Was 65"/>

In 1946, Knowland and Homer Ferguson of [[Michigan]] pushed through an amendment which halted rent controls on the federal level in states that already have established such controls.<ref>FascinatingPolitics (December 20, 2020). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2020/12/20/wartime-price-controls-economic-restrictions-in-a-state-of-emergency/ Wartime Price Controls: Economic Restrictions in a State of Emergency]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 22, 2021.</ref> The motion easily passed on July 11 by a 59–20 vote.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/79-1946/s213 H J RES 371. KNOWLAND AMEND. TO INSERT PROVISION TERMINAT- ING RENT CONTROLS IN STATES WHERE STATE HAS ESTABLISHED CON- TROL AND REGULATION OF THE RENT HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 22, 2021.</ref>

In 1946, Knowland and Homer Ferguson of [[Michigan]] pushed through an amendment which halted rent controls on the federal level in states that already have established such controls.<ref>FascinatingPolitics (December 20, 2020). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2020/12/20/wartime-price-controls-economic-restrictions-in-a-state-of-emergency/ Wartime Price Controls: Economic Restrictions in a State of Emergency]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 22, 2021.</ref> The motion easily passed on July 11 by a 59–20 vote.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/79-1946/s213 H J RES 371. KNOWLAND AMEND. TO INSERT PROVISION TERMINAT- ING RENT CONTROLS IN STATES WHERE STATE HAS ESTABLISHED CON- TROL AND REGULATION OF THE RENT HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 22, 2021.</ref>