Scott, Owen
lawyer, journalist, congressman, was born July 6, 1848, near Effingham, Ill. He was elected superintendent of schools for Effingham county, Ill., and served in that capacity eight years; was admitted to the bar by the Illinois supreme court in 1874, and practiced law for ten years, leaving this to engage in newspaper work. He published the Effingham Democrat, leaving it to become proprietor and manager of the Bloomington Daily and Weekly Bulletin; and also publishes monthly the Illinois Freemason. He was elected city attorney and mayor of Effingham; was deputy collector of internal revenue; and was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.