Biography

09/15/1823 - 11/19/1912

Jesse Wilson Knight (D6) Bucks County 1871 (D6) Bucks and Northampton Counties 1872-1873

Early Life: 

Jesse Wilson Knight, born, September 16, 1823, city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; son of Jonathan and Elizabeth Wilson Knight; private, Company I, 17th Regiment, Pennsylvania Emergency Militia, Civil War, 1862; private, Company G, 43rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Emergency Militia, Civil, 1863; miller; superintendent, John Dorrance Flour Mill, 1841-1848; partner, John Dorrance Flour Mill, 1849-1859; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1860 term; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1871-1874; director of the poor, Bucks County; elected, council, Bristol, Pennsylvania; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania Governor, 1908; married, Elizabeth Adair, 1855 (d. 1868); married, Sally Fenton, 1870; died, November 19, 1912, Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; interment, Saint James Episcopal Churchyard, Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career:

Private, Company I, 17th Regiment, Pennsylvania Emergency Militia, Civil War, 1862; Private, Company G, 43rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Emergency Militia, Civil, 1863. 

Miller; superintendent, John Dorrance Flour Mill, 1841-1848; partner, John Dorrance Flour Mill, 1849-1859.

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

Member, Society of Friends; Royal Arch Mason; member, Knights of Pythias.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1860 term; not a candidate for reelection, 1861. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 6th district, Bucks County, 1871, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 6th district, Bucks and Northampton Counties, 1872-1873; committee assignment, Accounts, Agriculture, Library and Retrenchment and Reform. 

Names of any service after Senate:

Director of the poor, Bucks County; elected, council, Bristol, Pennsylvania. 

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania Governor, 1908.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members K". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1873). Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 515, 517, 522-524.

Bucks County Gazette, Bristol, November 20, 1912

Jesse W. Knight (1822-1912) - Find a Grave Memorial