Early life and career
Born on a farm near Stryker, Ohio, Kniffin attended the public schools and then studied law. He was Admission to the bar in the United States, admitted to the bar in 1919 and commenced practice in Napoleon, Ohio. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1922 to the 68th United States Congress, Sixty-eighth Congress, in 1924 to the 69th United States Congress, Sixty-ninth Congress, in 1926 to the 70th United States Congress, Seventieth Congress, and in 1928 to the 71st United States Congress, Seventy-first Congress.Congress
Kniffin was elected as a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat to the 72nd United States Congress, Seventy-second and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1931–January 3, 1939). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the 76th United States Congress, Seventy-sixth Congress. As of 2020, he is the last Democrat to represent this district in Congress.Later career and death
Following the end of his term, he resumed the practice of law He served as a referee in bankruptcy, northern district of Ohio, western division, from 1939 until his death in Napoleon, Ohio, April 30, 1968. He was interred in Wauseon Cemetery, Wauseon, Ohio.References
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