A Shakespearean tragedy the life of William Knowland.

Just got call from Fort Lee Library,that book I order just come in the book is,"one step from White House the rise and fall of William Knowland." William Knowland is all but forgotten now, but once was star in political world,who almost grasp the brass ring(the Presidency) and to see it all come tumbling down to the point he where he was broke and committed suicide.It is all very sad,but in a sense there is sometime romantic about tragedy,the lost cause(look Robert E. Lee and Bonnie Prince Charley are romantic figures in history)the man who almost had it all but it slip away, and indeed, like old soldier fades away into oblivion never to heard again it reminds one of that lines in Shakespeare's Macbeth,"Life's but a walking shadow,a poor player,That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,And then is heard no more ;it is tale Told by an idiot,full of sound and fury Signifying nothing.
William Knowland was born to the manor,his father was timber Barron who become congressman and ran and lost a race for U.S Senate.Knowland enter life with glory but he left it not blaze of glory but a fire of shame.In 1946 the then Governor of California Earl Warren,yes the same Earl Warren who would become very controversial and much hated by Right(ironically for Knowland was man of Right)Chief Justice of the United States,appointed Knowland to Senate of United State,indeed,the very seat his father had ran for and lost in 1914.
Knowland was handsome and bold a born leader,indeed,he rose quickly in Senate leadership and after the death of Majority leader Taft in 1953 he became at the time the youngest majority leader in history.He was know as champion for Chiang Kaishek,indeed,he was called the Senator from Formosa.When Republicans lost control of the Senate in 1955,he become minority leader and with his eyes on the prize the Presidency,he decide to ran for Governor of California in 1958.Maybe he thought,his main competition was Richard Nixon a fellow Californian,as governor he would control delegation.What ever was his reason, it was a big mistake leading to suicide both politically and in 1974 he took his own life but try to make look like accident by fire.For when he ran for governor he sold the family radio station kept the Oakland Tribute,a bad business decision that lead to his bankruptcy and by 1974 he reach the end line and committed suicide.