Jacob Haight (March 4, 1775 or 1776 – c. 1860 Catskill,

Greene County, New York Greene County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 47,931. Its county seat is Catskill. The county's name is in honor of the American Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene. Hist ...

) was an American politician.

Life

He was a member of the

New York State Senate The New York State Senate is the upper house of the New York State Legislature; the New York State Assembly is its lower house. Its members are elected to two-year terms; there are no term limits. There are 63 seats in the Senate. Partisan com ...

from 1824 to 1827. In 1828, he was among the incorporators of the Catskill and Ithaca Railroad which was never built. He was

New York State Treasurer The New York State Treasurer was a state cabinet officer in the State of New York between 1776 and 1926. During the re-organization of the state government under Governor Al Smith, the office was abolished and its responsibilities transferred to the ...

from 1839 to 1842.

Sources

Political Graveyard''The New York Civil List'' compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 35 and 141; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) (Google Books)Early railroads, at Catskill Archive''A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families''
by David Webster Hoyt (Printed for the author by the Providence Press Co., 1871; page 606) 1770s births 1860s deaths New York (state) Whigs 19th-century American politicians New York (state) state senators New York State Treasurers 19th-century American railroad executives {{NewYork-NYSenate-stub