What is William Knowland?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = William Knowland |image = William F. Knowland headshot.jpg |office = [[Party leaders of the United States Senate|Senate Minority Leader]] |deputy = [[Leverett Saltonstall]]<br>[[Everett Dirksen]] |term_start = January 3, 1955 |term_end = January 3, 1959 |predecessor = [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] |successor = Everett Dirksen |office1 = [[Party leaders of the United States Senate|Senate Majority Leader]] |deputy1 = Leverett Saltonstall |term_start1 = August 4, 1953 |term_end1 = January 3, 1955 |predecessor1 = [[Robert A. Taft]] |successor1 = Lyndon B. Johnson |office2 = [[Senate Republican Conference#Floor Leaders|Leader of the Senate Republican Conference]] |deputy2 = [[Leverett Saltonstall]]<br /> [[Everett Dirksen]] |term_start2 = August 4, 1953 |term_end2 = January 3, 1959 |predecessor2 = [[Robert A. Taft]] |successor2 = [[Everett Dirksen]] |office3 = Chair of the [[Senate Republican Policy Committee]] |leader3 = Robert A. Taft |term_start3 = January 3, 1953 |term_end3 = August 4, 1953 |predecessor3 = Robert A. Taft |successor3 = [[Homer S. Ferguson]] |jr/sr4 = United States Senator |state4 = [[California]] |term_start4 = August 26, 1945 |term_end4 = January 3, 1959 |predecessor4 = [[Hiram Johnson]] |successor4 = [[Clair Engle]] |state_senate5 = California |district5 = [[California's 16th State Senate district|16th]] |term_start5 = 1935 |term_end5 = 1939 |predecessor5 = [[Arthur Breed Sr.]] |successor5 = [[Arthur Breed Jr.]] |state_assembly6 = California |district6 = [[California's 14th State Assembly district|14th]] |term_start6 = 1933 |term_end6 = 1935 |predecessor6 = [[Frank Israel]] |successor6 = [[Charles Wagner (California politician)|Charles Wagner]] |birth_name = William Fife Knowland |birth_date = {{birth date|1908|6|26}} |