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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaJonathan KNIGHT
(1787-1858)
KNIGHT, Jonathan, a
Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Bucks County, Pa.,
November 22, 1787; moved with his parents to East Bethlehem,
Washington County, Pa., in 1801; attended the common schools;
became a civil engineer; appointed by the State in 1816 to make and
report on a map of Washington County; elected county commissioner
and served three years; assisted in the preliminary surveys of the
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal and the national road between
Cumberland, Md., and Wheeling, Va. (now West Virginia); member of
the State house of representatives 1822-1828; entered the service
of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. and visited England to
pursue further studies in engineering; upon his return in 1830 was
appointed chief engineer of that company and served until 1842;
engaged in agricultural pursuits; secretary of the first
agricultural society organized in Washington County; elected as an
Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4,
1855-March 3, 1857); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1856
to the Thirty-fifth Congress and for election in 1858 to the
Thirty-sixth Congress; resumed agricultural pursuits near East
Bethlehem, Pa.; died November 22, 1858; interment in West Land
Cemetery, near West Brownsville, Washington County, Pa.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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