Jacob Haight (March 4, 1775 or 1776 – c. 1860 Catskill, Greene County, New York) was an American politician.

Life

He was a member of the New York State Senate 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 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