Biography

09/17/1878 - 03/04/1945

Harry Bowen Scott (R34) Centre and Clearfield Counties 1927-1934

Early Life:

Harry Bowen Scott, born September 17, 1878, Eagle Hill, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; son of George and Catherine Patten Scott; educated, public schools; engaged, bituminous coal mining; elected, Republican, Philipsburg Borough Council; elected, Republican State Committee, 1914-1934; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1915-1918; not a candidate for reelection, 1919; appointee, presidential, District Fuel Administer, Centre County, World War I; treasurer, director, Pennsylvania General Casualty Company and Penn General Fire Insurance Company; director, American Re-Insurance Company; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1927-1934 elected, Senate President pro tempore, 1933-1934; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor, 1934; president, Moshannon National Bank; president, Citizen Building and Loan Association, Philipsburg; died, March 4, 1945, Centre County, Pennsylvania; interment, Philipsburg Cemetery; Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career:

Engaged, bituminous coal mining with his father.

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

Treasurer, director, Pennsylvania General Casualty Company and Penn General Fire Insurance Company; director, American Re-Insurance Company; president, Moshannon National Bank; president, Citizens Building and Loan Association, Philipsburg; president, Society for Crippled Children, Incorporated; member, Penn-Atlantic Club, Manufacturers Club of Philadelphia, member of all Mason clubs.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Philipsburg Borough Council; elected, Republican State Committee, 1914-1934.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1915-1918; not a candidate for reelection 1919.

Appointed, President Woodrow Wilson, District Fuel Administer, Centre County, World War I.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate 34th District, Centre and Clearfield Counties, 1927-1934, elected, Senate President pro tempore, 1933-1934; Chair, Appropriations, member Finance, Forestry, Game and Fisheries, Insurance Judiciary Apportionment, Judiciary General, Legislative Apportionment, Mines and Mining, Public Health and Sanitation, Public Roads and Highways, and Railways Committees, 1933; president pro tempore and member ex-officio all Standing Committees, 1934.

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor, 1934.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography: 

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Cited: 

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members S". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1933). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Standing Committees, page 249, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 273.

Harry Bowen Scott (1878-1945) - Find a Grave Memorial