Jabez Comstock Knight (July 31, 1815 – April 6, 1900) was mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, for five terms, 1859-1864.

[1] Knight was a member of the Providence Common Council, representing the Fourth Ward, 1849-1852.

[2] As Mayor, Knight demolished the Town House on Benefit Street that served as police station, and opened a new Central Police Station on Canal Street in April 1861.

In the 1880s, Ex-Mayor Knight spent his summers at a cottage in Newport, Rhode Island, on Bellevue Avenue.

[3][4][5] Knight died on April 6, 1904, and is buried at Swan Point Cemetery.