Robert McKnight
Robert McKnight (January 20, 1820 – October 25, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1859 to 1863. Early life and education. 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. Career. 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 served as a member of the Pittsburgh City Council 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 law. Personal life. McKnight died in Pittsburgh in 1885. He was interned at the Allegheny Cemetery. Early Pittsburgh Pirates owner Denny McKnight was his son.