Robert McKnight, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert McKnight

American politician

Date of Birth: 20-Jan-1820

Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 25-Oct-1885

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Robert McKnight (January 20, 1820 – October 25, 1885) was a Republican United States Representative from Pennsylvania. Robert McKnight was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
He attended the common schools and a private school at Xenia, Ohio.
He graduated from Princeton College in 1839.
He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1842 and entered into a partnership with Henry S.
Magraw in Pittsburgh.
McKnight was hired to be a solicitor for the Bank of Pittsburgh in 1846.
He was a city councilman from 1847 to 1849.
McKnight was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses.
He served his district during the American Civil War. After his final term in 1863, he resumed the practice of his profession and died in Pittsburgh in 1885.
Interment was in Allegheny Cemetery.Early Pittsburgh Pirates owner Denny McKnight was his son.



Description	American photographer, war photographer, photojournalist and journalist
Date of birth/death	18 May 1822	15 January 1896
Location of birth/death	Warren County	Manhattan
Work period	from 1844 until circa 1887 date QS:P,+1887-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	New York City, Washington, D.C.
Authority control	: Q187850 VIAF: 22965552 ISNI: 0000 0001 2209 4376 ULAN: 500126201 LCCN: n81140569 NAID: 10570155 WorldCat