Jacob Haight
Jacob Haight(March 4, 1775 or 1776 – c. 1860 inCatskill,Greene County, New York) was an American politician.
Life
[edit]He was a member of theNew York State Senatefrom 1824 to 1827. In 1828, he was among the incorporators of the Catskill and Ithaca Railroad which was never built. He wasNew York State Treasurerfrom 1839 to 1842.
Sources
[edit]- Political Graveyard
- The New York Civil Listcompiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 35 and 141; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) (Google Books)
- Early railroads, at Catskill Archive
- A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Familiesby David Webster Hoyt (Printed for the author by the Providence Press Co., 1871; page 606)
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