Biography

09/19/1858 - 10/03/1945

SCOTT, John Morin, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, September 19, 1858 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; graduated, Episcopal Academy; graduated, law school, University of Pennsylvania; lawyer (1881-1946); member, 8th Ward school board; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1886; reelected to the House in 1888, 1892, 1894 and 1896; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1890); elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1899-1910); board member, American Academy of Music; director, Northern Liberties Gas Company; director, Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company; prothonotary, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County (1924-1945); died, October 3, 1945 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.