Thomas E. Knight, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas E. Knight

American politician

Date of Birth: 19-Jun-1898

Place of Birth: Greensboro, Alabama, United States

Date of Death: 17-May-1937

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Thomas E.
Knight, Jr.
(June 19, 1898 – May 17, 1937) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama from 1935 to 1937, as well as the 19th Attorney General of Alabama from 1931 to 1935.
He was a native of Greensboro, Alabama. Knight was the prosecutor in the Scottsboro trials in the 1930s; as the Attorney General, he also represented the State before the United States Supreme Court in the three cases stemming from the trials: Powell v.
Alabama, in 1932; and Norris v.
Alabama and Patterson v.
Alabama, both in 1935.Knight died suddenly on May 17, 1937, in Montgomery, Alabama.