{{Short description|American politician (1847–1920)}} {{More footnotes needed|date=January 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Philip Knopf |image = Philip Knopf.png |caption = |state = Illinois |district = {{ushr|Illinois|7|7th}} |term_start = March 4, 1903 |term_end = March 3, 1909 |predecessor = George Edmund Foss |successor = Frederick Lundin |office2= 14th Cook County Clerk |term2= 1894–1902 |predecessor2= Henry Wulff |successor2= Peter B. Olsen |office3 = Member of the Illinois Senate |term3 = 1886-1894 |birth_name = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1847|11|18}} |birth_place = Long Grove, Illinois, US |death_date = {{Death date and age|1920|8|14|1847|11|18}} |death_place = Chicago, Illinois, US |party = Republican }}
'''Philip Knopf''' (November 18, 1847 – August 14, 1920) was a U.S. Representative near Long Grove, Illinois.
==Biography== thumb|right|200px|Knopf's grave at Rosehill Cemetery
Born near Long Grove, Illinois, Knopf attended public schools. During the Civil War, he enlisted in Company I, 147th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and served until the regiment was mustered out in Savannah, Georgia. He moved to Chicago in 1866 and attended Bryant & Stratton College for one year. He engaged in the teaming business until 1884, when he was appointed chief deputy coroner and served eight years. He served as a member of the Illinois State senate from 1886 to 1894. He served as clerk of Cook County from 1894 to 1902. He served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1896 and as a member of the State Republican central committee.
Knopf was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, and Sixtieth Congresses (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1909).<ref name="cd">{{cite web |title=S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903 |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/SERIALSET-04562_00_00-001-0001-0000 |website=GovInfo.gov |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |access-date=2 July 2023 |page=21 |date=9 November 1903}}</ref> He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses).
Knopf died in Chicago, Illinois on August 14, 1920.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43145560/philip_knopf_long_a_political_power_in/ |title=Philip Knopf, Long a Political Power in Chicago, Dies |work=Chicago Tribune |page=15 |date=1920-08-15 |access-date=2020-01-27 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> He was interred in Rosehill Cemetery.
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