Political Party | Republican |
Term | October 5, 1953 - January 5, 1959 (56-62) |
Lieutenant Governor | Harold J. Powers |
Predecessor | Earl Warren |
Successor | Pat Brown |
Full Name | Goodwin Jess Knight |
Birth |
December 9, 1896 Provo, Utah |
Father | Jesse Jasper Knight (1865-1945) |
Mother | Lillie Jane Milner (1866-1942) |
Sisters | Dolly Knight Land (1888-1965) |
Alma Mater | Stanford University (A.B. 1919) |
Military Service |
United States Navy 1917-1918 |
Occupation |
35th Lieutenant Governor of California (1947-1953) Judge of the Los Angeles, California Superior Court (1935-1944) Lawyer |
Death |
May 22, 1970 Inglewood, California (73 years) |
Arvilla Pearl Cooley (1901-1952) |
Married September 9, 1925 Widowed October 27, 1952 (27 years) |
Virginia Piergue Carlson (1918-2010) |
Married August 2, 1954 (15 years) |
Marilyn Martha Knight MacDougall (m.1950 Allen MacDougall) |
Born 1927 (88 years) |
Carolyn Jane Knight Weedman (m.1955 Charles Weedman) |
Born 1933 Died 1970 (37 years) |