Thomas Scott (politician)

Thomas Scott (* 1739 in Chester County , Province of Pennsylvania , †  March 2, 1796 in Washington , Pennsylvania ) was an American politician . Between 1789 and 1791 and again from 1793 to 1795 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Scott grew up during the British colonial era. As a child he came to Lancaster County , where he attended public schools. After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in this profession. From 1770 he was resident in Westmoreland County . In 1773 he became a justice of the peace there. In the 1770s he joined the American Revolution . In 1776 he became a member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania , which was then elected for the first time in American times. After Washington County was founded, Scott was employed as a prothonotary at the local district court between 1781 and 1789 . From 1786 he was also a district judge there. In 1787, he was a delegate to the Assembly that ratified the United States Constitution for Pennsylvania. Politically, he was close to George Washington and Alexander Hamilton ( pro-administration faction ).

In the Pennsylvania state-wide congressional elections of 1789 , Scott was elected for the fifth seat of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives, which was initially still in New York City , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1789. Since he was no longer running in 1790, he was only able to complete the first legislative term of the Congress until March 3, 1791 . In 1791 he was again a member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. In the also state-wide elections of 1792 Scott was again elected to Congress, where he could complete another term of office between March 4, 1793 and March 3, 1795. He died on March 2, 1796 in Washington, Pennsylvania.

See also

• List of members of the US House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Web links

• Thomas Scott in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Thomas Scott in the database of Find a Grave (English)