William Franklin "Frank" Knox (Januay 1, 1874 - April 28, 1944) was the __th President of the United States, serving from January 20, 1941 until his death on April 28, 1944. Prior to the Presidency, he was the Vice President under Joseph Knowland from 1933 until 1941 and was a Chicago newspaper publisher, war veteran and two time Congressman, serving in the United States House of Representatives for New Hampshire's 2nd District from 1903-1913 and Illinois's District of Middle Chicago from 1923-1927, when he retired to return to the newspaper industry. He was a veteran of the Spanish-American War, the Panamanian War, the American occupation of Nicaragua and World War One.