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Setting sights on a political career before reaching adulthood. Knowland gave speeches advocating for the election of [[Warren G. Harding]] during the [[United States presidential election, 1920|1920 presidential race]] when he was only twelve.<ref name="William E Knowland Is Apparent Suicide; Ex‐Senator Was 65"/> After completing public schools, he attended the [[University of California]], then proceeding to join the newspaper publishing business.
Setting sights on a political career before reaching adulthood. Knowland gave speeches advocating for the election of [[Warren G. Harding]] during the [[United States presidential election, 1920|1920 presidential race]] when he was only twelve.<ref name="William E Knowland Is Apparent Suicide; Ex‐Senator Was 65"/> After completing public schools, he attended the [[University of California]], then proceeding to join the newspaper publishing business.
At the age of nineteen while being a sophomore in the University of California, Knowland married the former Helen Davis Herrick.<ref name="William E Knowland Is Apparent Suicide; Ex‐Senator Was 65"/> They had three children: Emelyn, Joseph, and Estelle.
==Political career==
==Political career==