Thomas B. Scott
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Thomas B. Scott (February 8, 1829 – October 7, 1886) was President Pro Tem of the Wisconsin State Senate.
Biography
Scott was born on February 8, 1829, in Roxburghshire, Scotland. He apparently settled in Dekorra, Wisconsin, in 1848 and what is now Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, in 1851. He was involved in the lumbering business.{{cite news|title=Thomas B. Scott |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89555800/thomas-b-scott-1829-1886/ |newspaper=The Neenah Daily Times |date=October 9, 1886 |location=Neenah, WI |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com |accessdate=November 26, 2021}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=The Death of Thomas B. Scott |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89555933/thomas-b-scott-1829-1886/ |newspaper=Janesville Daily Gazette |date=October 8, 1886 |location=Janesville, WI |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com |accessdate=November 26, 2021}} {{Open access}} Scott married Ann E. Neeves and they had four children. He died of Bright's disease on October 7, 1886.{{cite web|url=http://wigenweb.org/vilas/hlov/scott720.html|title=Scott, Sr., Thomas B.|publisher=WIGenWeb|accessdate=2015-09-29}}
Career
Scott was a member of the Senate from 1873 to 1882.{{cite web|url=http://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1882/reference/wi.wibluebk1882.i0022.pdf|title=Biographical Sketches.|publisher=Wisconsin Blue Book 1882|page=532|accessdate=2015-09-29}} He was President Pro Tem for two terms. Other positions he held include County Clerk and County Treasurer of Wood County, Wisconsin, a delegate to the 1880 Republican National Convention and Mayor of Merrill, Wisconsin. The town of Scott in Lincoln County was named in his honor.{{Cite book|last=Callary|first=Edward|title=Place Names of Wisconsin|publisher=University of Wisconsin Press|year=2016|isbn=978-0-299-30964-0|location=Madison, WI|pages=248}}
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Category:People from the Scottish Borders
Category:19th-century Scottish people
Category:Scottish emigrants to the United States
Category:Politicians from Columbia County, Wisconsin
Category:People from Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Category:People from Merrill, Wisconsin
Category:Republican Party Wisconsin state senators
Category:County clerks in Wisconsin