Jonathan Scoville
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Jonathan Scoville
|image = 1884scovilles.jpg
|caption = Portrait of Jonathan Scoville
|birth_date = July 14, 1830
|birth_place = Salisbury, Connecticut, USA
|residence =
|death_date = {{death date and age|1891|03|04|1830|07|14}}
|death_place = Salisbury, Connecticut, USA
|order1 =
|office1 = 39th Mayor of Buffalo
|term1 = 1884–1885
|predecessor1 = John B. Manning
|successor1 = Philip Becker
|state2=New York
|district2=32nd
|term2=November 12, 1880 – March 3, 1883
|preceded2=Nathan K. Hall
|succeeded2=Solomon G. Haven
|party = Democratic
|religion =
|spouse = never married
|children =
|website =
}}
Jonathan Scoville (July 14, 1830 – March 4, 1891) was an American businessman who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1880 to 1883, and as mayor of Buffalo from 1884 to 1885.
Biography
Born in Salisbury, Connecticut, Scoville attended various educational institutions in Massachusetts, including the scientific department of Harvard University.
He engaged in business in Canaan, Connecticut, in 1854 as an iron manufacturer and mine owner.
He moved to Buffalo, New York, in 1860 and established a car-wheel foundry, and the next year established another in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
= Political career =
== Congress ==
Scoville was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Ray V. Pierce.
He was reelected to the Forty-seventh Congress and served from November 12, 1880, to March 3, 1883.
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1882.
= Mayor of Buffalo =
He served as mayor of Buffalo in 1884 and 1885.
= Death =
He died in New York City, March 4, 1891.
He was interred in Salisbury Cemetery, Salisbury, Connecticut.
References
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Sources
- {{cite web|url=http://www.buffalonian.com/history/industry/mayors/Scoville.htm|title=Jonathon Scoville|date=2009-05-27|work= Through The Mayor's Eyes, The Only Complete History of the Mayor's of Buffalo, New York, Compiled by Michael Rizzo|publisher=The Buffalonian is produced by The Peoples History Union}}
- {{CongBio|S000190}}
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Category:Harvard University alumni
Category:Mayors of Buffalo, New York
Category:19th-century mayors of places in New York (state)
Category:19th-century New York (state) politicians
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives