Biography

09/19/1858 - 10/03/1945

John Morin Scott (R6) Philadelphia (Part) County 1899-1906 (R2) Philadelphia (Part) County 1907-1908 

Early Life:

John Morin Scott, born September 19, 1858, city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; son of Lewis Allaire and Frances Anna Wistar Scott; Episcopal Academy; University of Pennsylvania Law School; lawyer, 1881-1945; member, 8th Ward school board; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1887-1890; not a candidate for reelection, 1890, elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1893-1898; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1899-1908, elected, President pro tempore of the Senate at the close of the session of 1901 and re- elected in January 1903; resigned, September 29, 1908; prothonotary, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, 1924-1945; married, Anna Ferris Barker Scott, 1888; died, October 3, 1945, city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interment, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

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

Life member, Historical Society of Pennsylvania; member, Numismatic and Antiquarian Societies; member, Pennsylvania Society; member, Sons of the Revolution of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of Foreign Wars; Pennsylvania Commandery of the Society of Colonial Wars. Board member, American Academy of Music; director, Northern Liberties Gas Company; director, Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1887-1890; not a candidate for reelection, 1890. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1893-1898. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 6th district, Philadelphia (Part) County, 1899-1906; elected, President pro tempore of the Senate at the close of the session of 1901 and re- elected in January 1903; standing committee assignments, Senate of Pennsylvania, extraordinary and regular session, 1906, Corporations, Exposition Affairs, Finance (Chairman), Judiciary General, Law and Order, Railroads.   

Extraordinary session, legislation accomplished by the Senate, 1906, personal registration law, direct primary legislation, enacted; up until this legislation candidates were chosen at conventions.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 2nd district, Philadelphia (Part) County, 1907- resigned, September 29, 1908, Israel Durham elected, November 3, 1908; committee assignments, Corporations, Finance (Chairman), Judiciary General, Judiciary Special, Law and Order, Railroads.   

Prothonotary, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, 1924-1945.

Pennsylvania State 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.

Cox, Harold. Senate1790-1869 (wilkes.edu). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1906) Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Miller, H.P. (Assistant Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 823, 829-834, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 804.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1907) Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Miller, H.P. (Assistant Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 815, 822-824, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 796.

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1909). Miller, H.P., (Compiler). Baker, W.H., (Assistant Compiler). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 942.

John Morin Scott (1858-1946) - Find a Grave Memorial