Horatio G. Knight
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Horatio G. Knight | |
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30th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts | |
In office January 7, 1875 – January 2, 1879 |
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Governor | William Gaston Alexander H. Rice |
Preceded by | Thomas Talbot |
Succeeded by | John Davis Long |
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Born | Easthampton, Massachusetts |
March 24, 1818
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. |
Political party | Republican |
Profession | Lieutenant Governor |
Horatio Gates Knight (March 24, 1818 - October 16, 1895) was an American politician, manufacturer and philanthropist who served as the 30th Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1875 to 1879.
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]
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Preceded by | Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts 1875 – 1879 |
Succeeded by John Davis Long |
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