Nehemiah Knight (March 23, 1746 – June 13, 1808) was a United States representative from Rhode Island.
He was born in Knightsville (a village later named after him) within the town of Cranston in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
He attended the common schools, engaged in agricultural pursuits, and was town clerk from 1773 to 1800.
In 1783 and 1787 he was elected to the Rhode Island General Assembly, and was sheriff of Providence County in 1787.
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