John Scott | |
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| United States Senator fromPennsylvania | |
| In office March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1875 | |
| Preceded by | Charles R. Buckalew |
| Succeeded by | William A. Wallace |
| Member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives | |
| In office 1862-1869 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1824-07-24)July 24, 1824 |
| Died | November 29, 1896(1896-11-29) (aged 72) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
| Political party | Republican |
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John Scott (July 24, 1824 – November 29, 1896) was an American lawyer andRepublican party politician. He served in thePennsylvania House of Representatives and representedPennsylvania in theUnited States Senate.
Born inAlexandria, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, John Scott attended Marshall College inChambersburg, Pennsylvania. He practiced law inHuntingdon from 1846 to 1869. He was a prosecuting attorney from 1846 to 1849. He was a member of the revenue commission in 1851. He was a member of thePennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1862.
Scott was elected as a Republican to theUnited States Senate in1869, and in 1870 convened aCongressional Inquiry into the atrocities of the Ku Klux Klan, but was not a candidate for reelection in 1875. He served as Chairman of theUnited States Senate Committee on Claims during theForty-third Congress. He moved toPittsburgh in 1875, and served as general counsel of thePennsylvania Railroad from 1875 to 1877 and general solicitor from 1877 to 1895.
John Scott's father, also namedJohn Scott, served in the U.S. House. Scott's mother Agnes is the namesake ofAgnes Scott College in Decatur Georgia.
He died on November 29, 1896, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is interred atThe Woodlands Cemetery.[1]
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| Preceded by | U.S. senator (Class 1) from Pennsylvania 1869–1875 Served alongside:Simon Cameron | Succeeded by |
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| Notes | † Never officially seated | |
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