Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1912, i pootihia a Knott ki te New York State Assembly hei Democrat, e tohu ana i te New York County 25th District. I mahi ia i te Runanga i te tau 1913. Ko ia te kaitohutohu whakakapi ki te
I te 1916, 1924, 1928, me te 1932 Democratic National Conventions, a ka mahi hei karere ki nga 1936 me te 1952 Democratic National Conventions. I te tau 1917, i pootihia ia hei Sheriff o New York County, a i mahi ia hei Sheriff mai i te 1918 ki te 1922. I te 1922 United States House of Representatives pōtitanga, rere ia kore angitu rite te kaitono Democratic i roto i New York o 14 rohe congressional. I te tau 1922, i pootihia ia hei tiamana o te Komiti o te Pāti Manapori o New York County. Ko ia tonu te tumuaki i a ia e mate ana.