Jesse Knock Hines (November 17, 1829 – September 20, 1889) was a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates from Kent County and served as the Speaker of the House for the 1874 session.
[2] Hines was a clerk of the Circuit Court for Kent County from 1857 to 1873.
[2] In May 1874, Hines was appointed as commander of the Maryland Oyster Police Force.
In 1876, he became an assessment and corporation clerk in the office of the state comptroller.
[7][10] In 1881, he fought "graveyard insurance" companies whose policies had become a popular means for western Marylanders to speculate on others' deaths.