Biography

02/21/1814 - 04/10/1876

SCOTT, George, a Representative from Columbia and Montour Counties; born, February 21, 1814 in Pennsylvania; farmer; president, Pennsylvania Agricultural Society; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1853 and 1854 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1855 term; elected, Canal Commissioner (1856); president, Columbia County Democratic Convention (1857); reelected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1869 and 1870 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1871 term; railroad contractor; elected, associate judge, Columbia County; died, April 10, 1876 in Hazelton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; interred, Greenwood Cemetery, Catawissa, Columbia County, Pennsylvania.