Biography

09/17/1878 - 03/04/1945

SCOTT, Harry B., a Representative from Centre County; born in Eagle Hill, Schuylkill County, Pa., September 17, 1878; presidential appointee, District Fuel Administer, Centre County (World War I); engaged in bituminous coal mining; elected, council, Philipsburg; elected, Republican State Committee (1914-1934); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1915 and 1917 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1919 term; treasurer and director, Pennsylvania General Casualty Company and Penn General Fire Insurance Company; director, American Re-Insurance Company; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1927-1934) elected, Senate President pro tempore (1933-1934); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor (1934); president, Moshannon National Bank; president, Philipsburg Building and Loan Association; died, March 4, 1945 in Centre County, Pennsylvania; interred, Philipsburg Cemetery; Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania.