JOHN SCOTT

(1782 - 1861)
Congressman

John Scott was born in Hanover County, Virginia in 1782. In 1804, he came to Missouri and started a law practice at Ste. Genevieve. In 1817, he was elected a Territorial Delegate to Congress. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1820, and considered one of the five most important men in attendance. He was Missouri's last territorial delegate and the states' first Congressman, re-elected in 1822, and 1824. He was defeated for Congress in 1826 by Edward Bates. Shortly after he retired from public life and re-opened his law practice at Ste. Genevieve.

Cities of Scott County:
		Pershing City Carver City