John Scott (Missouri politician)
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John Scott was a Delegate and a U.S. Representative
from Missouri
.
Born in Hanover County, Virginia
, Scott moved with his parents to Indiana Territory
in 1802.
He was graduated from Princeton College in 1805.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri
, in 1806.
He presented credentials as a Delegate-elect to the Fourteenth Congress from the Territory of Missouri and served from August 6, 1816, to January 13, 1817, when the election was declared illegal and the seat vacant.
Scott was elected as a Delegate to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses and served from August 4, 1817, to March 3, 1821.
Upon the admission of Missouri as a State into the Union, John Scott was elected as a Democratic-Republican
to the Seventeenth Congress, reelected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, and elected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth Congress and served from August 10, 1821, to March 3, 1827.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Lands (Nineteenth Congress).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1826 to the Twentieth Congress.
He resumed the practice of law.
He died in Ste. Genevieve, in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, on October 1, 1861.
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
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Born in Hanover County, Virginia
Hanover County, Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 86,320 people, 31,121 households, and 24,461 families residing in the county. The population density was 183 people per square mile . There were 32,196 housing units at an average density of 68 per square mile...
, Scott moved with his parents to Indiana Territory
Indiana Territory
The Territory of Indiana was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1800, until November 7, 1816, when the southern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Indiana....
in 1802.
He was graduated from Princeton College in 1805.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri
Ste. Genevieve is a city in and the county seat of Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, United States. The population was 11,654 at the 2000 census...
, in 1806.
He presented credentials as a Delegate-elect to the Fourteenth Congress from the Territory of Missouri and served from August 6, 1816, to January 13, 1817, when the election was declared illegal and the seat vacant.
Scott was elected as a Delegate to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses and served from August 4, 1817, to March 3, 1821.
Upon the admission of Missouri as a State into the Union, John Scott was elected as a Democratic-Republican
Democratic-Republican Party (United States)
The Democratic-Republican Party or Republican Party was an American political party founded in the early 1790s by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Political scientists use the former name, while historians prefer the latter one; contemporaries generally called the party the "Republicans", along...
to the Seventeenth Congress, reelected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, and elected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth Congress and served from August 10, 1821, to March 3, 1827.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Lands (Nineteenth Congress).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1826 to the Twentieth Congress.
He resumed the practice of law.
He died in Ste. Genevieve, in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, on October 1, 1861.