Horatio G. Knight

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Horatio G. Knight
30th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
In office
January 7, 1875 – January 2, 1879
Governor William Gaston
Alexander H. Rice
Preceded by Thomas Talbot
Succeeded by John Davis Long
Personal details
Born (1818-03-24)March 24, 1818
Easthampton, Massachusetts
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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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Political offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
1875 – 1879
Succeeded by
John Davis Long


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