governor predecessor successor death_date birth_place party profession office birth_date order term_start article_title term_end name
william gaston alexander h. rice thomas talbot john davis long 16 october 1895 easthampton , massachusetts republican lieutenant governor lieutenant governor of massachusetts 24 march 1818 30th 1875 horatio g. knight
 1879 horatio g. knight
horatio g. knight

horatio gates knight -lrb- march 24 , 1818 - october 16 , 1895 -rrb- was an american politician , manufacturer and philanthropist who served as the 30th lieutenant governor for the commonwealth of massachusetts from 1875 to 1879 .
knight apprenticed with store-keeper samuel williston as a boy and the two later worked as business partners , establishing and operating manufacturing businesses in easthampton , massachusetts .
he married mary ann huntoon , and his daughter was the composer mary knight wood .
