William V. Knott

William Valentine Knott (November 24, 1863 – April 3, 1965) was a Florida state politician.He married Luella Pugh in 1895 and moved to Tallahassee, Florida, in 1897, taking up the position of the first "financial agent" of the state government.He was appointed as state treasurer for the first time in 1903 and to comptroller in 1912 when the incumbent, A. C. Croom, died.[1] He ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1916, defeated by Sidney Johnston Catts and returned to farming and business until he was appointed director of a local hospital in 1921.[1] He was appointed to his former position as auditor general in 1927 but, in the following year, John Christian Luning, the incumbent state treasurer, died and Knott was re-appointed to that position, serving until his retirement at age 78 in 1941.
Terrell County, GeorgiaTallahassee, FloridaDemocraticFlorida State TreasurerphosphateA. C. Croomran unsuccessfully for governor in 1916Sidney Johnston CattsJohn Christian LuningFlorida State CapitolPark TrammellGovernor of FloridaCary A. HardeeFlorida state treasurersConoverWhitfieldLuningLarsonO'MalleyAshlerGunterGallagherNelsonState Chief Financial Officer (since 2003)AtwaterPatronisFlorida comptrollersH. ArcherBrevardJ. ArcherCowgillBloxhamMilligan