John Scott (representative)
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=John Scott
|image name=John_scott.jpg
|party=Jacksonian
|state = Pennsylvania
|district = {{ushr|PA|12|12th}}
|term=March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
|preceded=John Mitchell
|succeeded=Robert Allison
|birth_date=December 25, 1784
|birth_place=Marsh Creek, Pennsylvania
|death_date=September 22, 1850 (aged 65)
|death_place=Alexandria, Pennsylvania
|spouse=Agnes Irvine Scott
|children = Susan Scott
John Scott
James Irvin Scott
George Washington Scott
William Scott
Mary Irvin Scott
Alfred Scott
|profession=Politician, Tanner, Shoemaker
}}
John Scott (December 25, 1784 – September 22, 1850) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
John Scott (father of Pennsylvania Senator John Scott and of the 1868 candidate for Governor of Florida, George Washington Scott) was born at Marsh Creek, Pennsylvania, near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He moved to Alexandria, Pennsylvania, in 1806 and was engaged as tanner and shoemaker. He served as major in the War of 1812. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1819 and 1820.
Scott was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Twenty-second Congress. He resumed his former business pursuits and retired from business in 1842. He died in Alexandria, Pennsylvania in 1850. He was interred in Alexandria Cemetery.
Scott married Agnes Irvine in 1821, Agnes is the namesake of Agnes Scott College in Decatur Georgia.
References
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- [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott5.html The Political Graveyard]
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Category:Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Category:American military personnel of the War of 1812
Category:Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Category:19th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives