Background

Knight, George Alexander was born on July 24, 1851 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George H. and Elizabeth (McFarlan) Knight.

Education

Educational public schools, Eureka, California. Graduated from College of California. Studied law in office of Judge J. East. Wyman, Humboldt, California.

Career

Admitted to bar, 1872. District attorney, Humboldt Company, 3 terms. Insurance commissioner of California.

Attorney California State Board of Health, 2 terms.

Judge-advocate with rank of colonel on staff Governor Markham. Delegate Republican National conversations, 1896 (seconded nomination of McKinley), 1900, 1904, 1908 (seconded nomination of Taft).

Member Republican National Committee, 1908-1912. Attorney for United Presbyterian Railroad and for Pacific Steamship Company at San Francisco.

Has charge of Charles L. Fair estate of $18,000,000.

Home: San Francisco, California.

Achievements

• George Alexander Knight has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Republican

Connections

Married Fannie H. Wyman, June 1877.

Father:

George H. Knight

Mother:

Elizabeth (McFarlan) Knight

Spouse:

Fannie H. Wyman