Biography

01/16/1859 - 04/21/1918

SCOTT, William B, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, January 16, 1859 in Tyrone County, Ireland; machinist; school director, 19th Ward, Philadelphia; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1884; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1886); assistant commissioner, Pennsylvania Highway Department; lieutenant, State Senator David Martin, Philadelphia; Workman’s Compensation referee, Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry; died, April 21, 1918 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, North Cedar Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.