Horatio Gates Knight was an American politician, manufacturer and philantropist who served as Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1875 to 1879. His daughter was the composer Mary Knight Wood.
Horatio G. Knight | |
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30th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts | |
In office 1875–1879 | |
Governor | William Gaston (1875-1876) Alexander H. Rice (1876-1879) |
Preceded by | Thomas Talbot (1874) |
Succeeded by | John Davis Long |
Personal details | |
Born | Easthampton, Massachusetts | January 8, 1806
Died | October 17, 1895 | (aged 89)
Political party | Republican |
Profession | Lieutenant Governor |