SENATOR KNOX DIES AT HIS HOME
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On October 12, 1921, Senator Philander C. Knox* (R-Pennsylvania) was "stricken with apoplexy** as he walked from (his) library to dinner."
The former Attorney General and Secretary of State was pronounced dead by neighbor Dr. Samuel T. Adams at the Senator's home at 1527 K Street NW here in the Nation's Capital.
Senator Knox, who had been feeling well during the day and had bought tickets to a theater performance for that evening, was with his wife and secretary, Warren F. Martin, at the time he was stricken.
The New York Tribune reported that the Senator was a close personal friend of President Warren G. Harding.
*Philander Chase Knox (1853-1921) was born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania & educated at West Virginia University & University of Mount Union. PCK served as Attorney General, 1901-04, Secretary of State, 1909-1913, & U.S. Senator, 1904-1909, 1917-1921.
*apoplexy was a term used to describe the rupture of an internal organ, today we call it a stroke.
