Robert McKnight
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Robert McKnight (born January 20, 1820; died 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 commenced practice in Pittsburgh. He was city councilman from 1847 to 1849.
McKnight was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses. He resumed the practice of his profession and died in Pittsburgh in 1885. Interment in Allegheny Cemetery.
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| Preceded by: Samuel A. Purviance |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district 1859-1863 |
Succeeded by: James K. Moorhead |
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