Thompson M. Scoon
{{Short description|American farmer and politician}}
Thompson Maxwell Scoon (August 29, 1888 – July 27, 1953) was an American farmer and politician from New York.
Life
He was born on August 29, 1888, in Geneva, Ontario County, New York. He graduated from Cornell University. He was President of the Geneva Preserving Company and a director of the Geneva Trust Company. Later he engaged in farming in Seneca.[https://books.google.com/books?id=BcoGAQAAIAAJ&q=red+book+thompson+m+scoon+born New York Red Book] (1953; pg. 241) He married Elizabeth Bacon, and their only child was Thompson M. Scoon Jr. (1924–2003).
Scoon was for eight years Chairman of the Ontario County Civil Service Commission; and a member of the New York State Assembly (Ontario Co.) from 1951 until his death in 1953, sitting in the 168th and 169th New York State Legislatures.
He died on July 27, 1953,[https://books.google.com/books?id=Z8RXAAAAYAAJ&q=thompson+scoon Manual for Use of the Legislature] (1954; pg. 1317) in Thompson Hospital in Canandaigua, New York.
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Category:Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
Category:Politicians from Geneva, New York
Category:Cornell University alumni
Category:20th-century members of the New York State Legislature