Member Biography

Alexander Scott 

Seal
Sessions Office Position District Party
1791-1792         Federalist
1792-1793         Federalist
1793-1794         Federalist

COUNTIES: York, Lancaster  


Biography

1763 - 03/21/1810


Alexander Scott (Federalist) Lancaster and York Counties 1791-1794

Married, Mary Slough Scott Snyder, 1787; elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1791-1794; elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1797-1801; died, March 21, 1810 (aged 45–46), interment, Saint James Episcopal Church Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics: 

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, Lancaster and York Counties, 1791-1794; unsuccessful reelection, Pennsylvania State Senate, 4th district, Lancaster County, 1794, unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, 4th district, Lancaster County, 1796. 

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Lancaster County, 1797-1801; unsuccessful bid, Pennsylvania Speaker, House of Representatives, 1800.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Currently unavailable.

Legacy:

Wife, Mary Slough Scott Snyder, remarried, became wife of Pennsylvania's 3rd governor, Simon Snyder

Cited:

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

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)

Alexander Scott (1764-1810) - Find a Grave Memorial