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bably grandson of Gustavus Scott, the delegate (q.v.). He was warranted midshipman, U.S.N. , Aug. 1, 1828; was advanced to passed midship- man, June 14, 1834, and served on the Vandalia in Charleston liarbor, S.C, 1835-36, and in the Seminole war, 1839-40. He was commissioned lieutenant, Feb. 25, 1841; was flag-lieutenant on the St. Lawrence of the Pacific squadron, 1852- 53; was promoted commander, Dec. 27, 1856, and was inspector of lighthouses, 1858-60. He commanded the Keystone State and the Maran- tanza, 1861-63; was commissioned captain, Nov. 4, 1863; commanded the De Soto and Canandaigua on blockade duty, and was senior officer at the surrender of Charleston, S.C, in 1865. He served on the board of examiners for the admis- sion of volunteer officers to the U.S. navy in 1868; was liglit-house inspector, 1869-71; was promoted commodore, Feb. 10, 1869; rear ad- miral, Feb. 14, 1873; was commander-in-chief of the North Atlantic squadron, 1873-74, and was retired upon reaching the age limit, June 13, 1874. He died in Washington, D.C., March 23, 1882.

SCOTT, Irving Murray, mechanical engineer, was born at Hebron Mills, Baltimore county, Md., Dec. 25, 1837; son of John and Elizabeth (Lettig) Scott; grandson of Thomas and Eliza- beth (Matthews) Scott; great-grandson of Abra- ham and Elizabeth (Rossiter) Scott, and great-- grandson of Abraham Scott, a Quaker, who emi- grated from Cumberland county, England, June 22, 1722, and settled in Pennsylvania, where he was married in 1726 to Elizabeth Dyer. He at- tended Milton academy, Md., three years, and evening classes at the Baltimore Mechanics In- stitute, and obtained employment in the machine shop of Obed Hussey, the inventor, and later in larger works in Baltimore. He devoted himself to draughting of mechanical construction, and in 1830 removed to San Francisco, where in 1861 he became chief draughtsman of the Union iron works. He was superintendent of the Union iron works, 1863-65, general manager, 1865-1903, and vice-presfdent, 1873-1903, wlien it was pur- chased by the United Ship Building company. He was married, Oct. 7, 1863, to Laura Hord of Covington, Ky. He designed the macliinery for working the Comstock mines; invented the Scott and Eckart, and Scott and O'Neill cut-off engines and many other mechanical, devices. He was president of the Art Association (1876- 81 ), San Francisco, and the Mechanics Institute (1878-80) and of several other organizations, and a member of the principal clubs on the Pacific coast. He was the builder of the U.S. battle- ships Oregon and OJijmpia. He was a presidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1896. In 1898 he visited Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Belgium and England in the interests of Ameri-

can shipbuilding. He was a regent of the Uni- versity of California, 1878-80; a trustee of the Leland Stanford Junior university, 1891-98; and

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appointed U.S. commissioner to the commercial congress held at Ostend, Belgium, in 1902. He was married in 1863 to Laura Horde of Covington, Ky. The degree of Ph.D. was conferred on him by Santa Clara university in 1901. He died in San Francisco, Cal., April 28, 1903.

SCOTT, John, representative, was born in Hanover county, Va., in 1782. He removed with his parents to Indian Territory in 1802, and later to Missouri territory, where he practised law^ 1806-61. He was a delegate from Missouri Ter- ritory to the 14th congress as successor to Rufus Easton, and to the 15th and 16th congresses, serving, 1816-21. Missouri was admitted to the Union in 1821, and he was the Missouri represen- tative in the 17tli-19th congresses, 1821-27, He died at St. Genevieve, Mo., Oct. 1, 1861.

SCOTT, John, soldier, was born in Fauquier county, Va., April 23, 1820; son of Judge John and Elizabeth B. (Pickett) Scott; grandson of Rev. John and Eliza (Gordon) Scott and of Col. Martin and (Blackwell) Pickett, and a descend- ant of a distinguished Scottish family, and on the paternal side collaterally descended directly from Professor Thomas Gordon, of Aberdeen (Scotland) university. He studied law with his father, and after graduating from the University of Virginia was admitted to the bar in 1841. He was married, Nov. 14, 1850, to Harriet Augusta, daughter of James and Eliza R. (Pinsliain) Caskie of Richmond. Va. He was editor of the Richmond ^Mlig, 1850-51, and in 1858 he organ- ized and commanded the " Black Horse cavalry " of Fauquier county, which constituted the state guard during the imprisonment, trial and execu- tion of John Brown. He entered the Confederate army in 1861 as captain of cavalry; recruited a company over which he was promoted major; and was promoted colonel and transferred to the trans-Mississippi department. In 1870 he was appointed commonwealth's attorney for Fau- quier county, Va. He is the author of: The Lost Principle of the Federal Government or the Sec- tional Equilibrium (1860); Partisan Life with