Background
Knight, Clarence Woods De was born on September 23, 1867 in Rocky Mount, Virginia, United States. Son of William Francis and Roselia (Pettibone) D.
Knight, Clarence Woods De was born on September 23, 1867 in Rocky Mount, Virginia, United States. Son of William Francis and Roselia (Pettibone) D.
Educated Columbian Preparatory School, and College (now George Washington University, Bachelor of Laws, 1891, Master of Laws, 1892, Master of Patent Law, 1896. Admitted to bar, 1892. Unmarried.
Was private secretary to late Senator Arthur Pue Gorman and others. Secretary commission on naval affairs, United States Senate, United States Armor Factory Board, P. R. Evacuation Committee. An assistant secretary National Republican Convention, 1900.
Counsel for Queen Liliuokalani of H.I. Counsel for contractors, railway, shipping and other corporations, before Congress and executive departments Court of Claims, and Supreme Court of the United States, Washington. Director and counsel Samana Bay Company of Santo Domingo.
Delaware to 3d Congress of International Chamber of Commerce, Brussels, 1925, 4th Congress, Stockholm, 1927, 5th Congress, Amsterdam, 1929, 6th Congress, Washington, 1931. Member National Council of National Economic League to represent District of Columbia. Member of national advisory council of America Peace Society.
Mason.