Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1912, Knott akasarudzwa kuNew York State Assembly seDemocrat, achimiririra New York County 25th District. Akashanda muAssembly muna 1913. Akanga ari mutevedzeri womumiririri ku
1916, 1924, 1928, uye 1932 Democratic National Conventions, uye akashanda senhume ku1936 uye 1952 Democratic National Conventions. Muna 1917, akasarudzwa Sheriff weNew York County, uye akashanda saSheriff kubva muna 1918 kusvika muna 1922. Mukusarudzwa kweUnited States House of Representatives muna 1922, akakundikana semumiriri weDemocratic mudunhu re14 rekongiresi reNew York. Muna 1922, akasarudzwa sachigaro weNew York County Democratic Party Committee. Akanga achiri kushanda sachigaro paakafa.