C iEALOGICAL RECORDS

law as in politics. In 1889 he removed to Tampa as afford-
ing hin a larger field and greater opportunities for suc-
cess than in the smaller community in vhich he had at first
made his home.
 Upon coming to Tampa he formed a copartnership with
General (afterwards Judge) Joseph B. Wall in the practice
of la i This connection continued for several years. In
1893, through the instrumentality of Mr. f, Tnht there was
,organized in the county of Eillsborough a criminal court of
record in connection with which he was appointed the first
county solicitor, which is the title of the prosecuting of-
ficer of that court. He held the position mentioned until
May, 1899, when he resipged and received the appointment of,
state's attorney for the Sixth judicial circuit of Florida,
which position ho held for several years, until he volunta-'
rily rmsirted, the duties of the office conflicting with tho
prosecution of his general practice, a-hich had by this time
grovrn to be very large.
 About this time Mr. night commenced to devote him-
 self very ex-ensively to the practice of that branch of the
 law that relaTes to corporations. n this he has achieved
 a pre-aeinen degree of success. He has undoubtedly incor-i
 porated a greater number of cooil anias than any other legal
 practitioner in the state and now represents greater inter-
 ests than any other.
 From a biographical sketch compiled several years ago
 we take the following enumeration of his corporate connec-
 tions. This should be somewhat modified to suit tre con-
 ditions of the present day, some of the companies named hav-
 ing in the course of the cnanges that business brings gone i
 out of existence, but others of greater magnitude and wideri
 operations have taken their places:
 The Tampa Lumber Company, of vhich he is president;
 the Tampa Foundry and Machine Company, vice-president; Johnn
 son-Cole Company, vice-president; director and attorney fori
 ;the Exchange National Bank of Tampa; director and attorney
 -for the Tampa Gas Company; vice president and attorney for ;
 the Tampa Electric Company; vice-president and attorney forf
 the Tribune Publishing Company; director of the Tampa Buildj
 ing and Loan Association; director and attorney for the Flot-
 Sida Brewing Company; director of the Manatee County State i
 SBank; attorney for the bhor City Building and Loan Associa-j
 Stion, the Florida Central and Peninsular (now the Seaboard
 SAir Line) Railroad Company, the Tampa Water Works Copany,
 the American Cigar Company, a syndicate of cigar factories,
 Sthe Florida Fish and lce Company, the Bell Telephone Coapa
 Mr. Knight is a leading fraternity man. being a thir-
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