Horatio Gates Knight was an American politician, manufacturer and philantropist who served as Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1875 to 1879.
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 |
Knight apprenticed with store-keeper Samuel Williston as a boy and the two later worked as business partners, establishing and operating manufacturing businesses in Easthampton, Massachusetts.[1] He married Mary Ann Huntoon, and his daughter was the composer Mary Knight Wood.[2]
References
- ^ "The New England magazine and Bay State monthly, Volume 5" (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). 1886. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
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(help) - ^ Saerchinger, César, ed. (1918). International who's who in music and musical gazetteer, Volume 5 (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). Retrieved 21 December 2010.