Nehemiah R. Knight

Nehemiah Rice Knight
9thGovernor of Rhode Island
In office May 7, 1817 – May 2, 1821
Lieutenant	Edward Wilcox
Preceded by	William Jones
Succeeded by	William C. Gibbs
United States Senator fromRhode Island
In office January 9, 1821 – March 3, 1841
Preceded by	James Burrill, Jr.
Succeeded by	James F. Simmons
Member of theRhode Island House of Representatives
In office 1802
Personal details
Born	(1780-12-31)December 31, 1780 Cranston,Rhode Island
Died	April 18, 1854(1854-04-18)(aged 73) Providence,Rhode Island
Resting place	Grace Church Cemetery, Providence
Political party	Democratic-Republican,National Republican,Whig
Spouse	Lydia Waterman Knight
Parent	Nehemiah Knight
Profession	Politician,Clerk

Nehemiah Rice Knight(December 31, 1780 – April 18, 1854) was Governor of Rhode Island andUnited States SenatorfromRhode Island.

Born inCranston,he attended the common schools. In 1802 he was a member of theRhode Island House of Representatives;he moved toProvidenceand was clerk of theCourt of Common Pleasfrom 1805 to 1811 and clerk of thecircuit courtfrom 1812 to 1817. He was also collector ofcustomsfor the same period. He was the ninthGovernor of Rhode Islandfrom 1817 to 1821 and president of theRoger Williams Bankfrom 1817 to 1854.

Knight was elected in 1821 as aDemocratic-Republicanto the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofJames Burrill, Jr.;he was reelected in 1823 as aCrawford Republican,in 1829 as anAnti-Jacksonian,and again in 1835 as aWhig,and served from January 9, 1821, to March 3, 1841. While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses (Twenty-second, Twenty-third and Twenty-sixth Congresses) and a member of the Committee on Manufactures (Twenty-fourth Congress). Knight retired from public life and was a delegate to theState constitutional conventionin 1843. He died in Providence in 1854; interment was inGrace ChurchCemetery.

Nehemiah Rice Knight's father,Nehemiah Knight,had been aU.S. Representativefrom Rhode Island.

References

• United States Congress."Nehemiah R. Knight (id: K000287)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

• Nehemiah R. KnightatFind a Grave