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Scott, John

congressman, was born in 1782 in Hanover county, Va. He was a delegate to congress from the territory of Missouri from 1816 to 1821; and was a representative in congress from Missouri from 1821 to 1827. He died in 1861 in St.

Genevieve, Mo.

Scott, John

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Huntingdon county, Penn., from 1829 to 1831.

Scott, John

clergyman, author, was born Oct. 27, 1820, in Washington county, Pa. He is a methodist protestant clergyman of Cincinnati; and the author of Pulpit Echoes; and The Land of Sojourn.

Scott, John

lawyer, state senator, United States senator, was born July 14, 1824, in Alexandria, Pa. He was a prosecuting attorney from 1846 to 1849; was for ten years solicitor for the Pennsylvania Railroad company; and in 1862 was elected to the state legislature. He was elected a senator in congress from Pennsylvania for the term commencing in 1869 and ending in 1875. He died March 22, 1889, in Pittsburg, Pa.

Scott, John G

manufacturer, congressman, was born Dec. 26, 1819, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1862 he was elected a representative from Missouri to the thirty-eighth congress to fill a vacancy.

Scott, John M

clergyman, educator, poet, was born in 1855 in Westmoreland county, Pa. He is a successful educator and baptist clergyman of Sewickly, Pa.; and the author of a number of meritorious poems.

Scott, John Morin

congressman, was born in 1730 in New York. He was secretary of the state of New York in 1778 and 1779; and was a delegate from New York to the continental congress from 1780 to 1783. He died Sept. 14, 1784, in New York.

Scott, John Morin

soldier, lawyer, was born Oct. 25, 1789, in New York city.

He was for many years a member of the Philadelphia city councils, a delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1837, and in 1841-44 served as mayor.

Scott, John T

jurist, was born May 6, 1831, in Glasgow, Ky. He removed to Terre Haute, Ind.; and in 1868 he was elected judge of the court of common pleas, and was again elected to the judgeship in 1872.

Scott, Julian

artist, was born Feb. 14, 1846, in Johnson, Vt. Among his works, mostly pictures of army life, are Rear-Guard at White Oak Swamp, owned by the Union League club; Battle of Cedar Creek, in the state-house at Montpelier, Vt.; Battle of Golding's Farm; The Recall; On Board the Hartford; and Old Records.

Scott, Orange

clergyman, author, was born Feb. 13, 1800, in Brookfield, Vt.

Besides many contributions to the press, he was the author of An Appeal to the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died July 31, 1847, in Newark, N. J.

Scott, Robert Kingston

soldier, physician, governor, was born July 8, 1826, in Armstrong county, Pa. He was in Sherman's operations before Atlanta, and in the march to the sea. He was assistant commissary from 1865 to 1868; and was governor of South Carolina from 1868 to 1871.