Edward Scull Explained

Edward Scull
Office:Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district
Term Start:1889
Term End:1893
Predecessor:John Patton
Successor:Josiah D. Hicks
Office2:Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district
Term Start2:1887
Term End2:1889
Predecessor2:Jacob M. Campbell
Successor2:Charles R. Buckalew
Office3:Member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 20th district
Term3:1871
Predecessor3:Hiram Findlay
Successor3:William Henry Stanton
Birth Date:5 February 1818
Birth Place:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:Somerset, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Party:Republican
Spouse:Mary Ogle

Edward Scull (February 5, 1818 – July 10, 1900) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district from 1887 to 1889 and 20th congressional district from 1889 to 1893.

Biography

Scull was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools in Pittsburgh and preparatory school in Steubenville, Ohio. He studied law and was admitted to the Westmoreland County bar in 1844.[1] He moved to Somerset, Pennsylvania in 1846 and practiced law until 1857. He served as prothonotary and clerk of the court for three years.

He was appointed collector of internal revenue for the Sixteenth district of Pennsylvania by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863.[2] He was removed by President Andrew Johnson in September 1866. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 20th district in 1871.[3] He served as a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1864, 1876, and 1884. He was appointed assessor of internal revenue by President Ulysses S. Grant in April 1869, and again appointed collector, on March 22, 1873, and served until August 1883, when the district was consolidated with another. He published and edited the Somerset Herald from 1852 to 1887 and worked as president of the First National Bank of Somerset until his death.[1]

Scull was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth, Fifty-first, and Fifty-second Congresses. After his time in Congress, he retired to Somerset. He died in Somerset.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Guide to the Papers of the John Irwin Scull Family, c1736-1956 . www.historicpittsburgh.org . 20 December 2019.
  2. Book: The Twentieth Century Bench and Bar of Pennsylvania . 1903 . H.C. Cooper, Jr., Bro. & Co. . Chicago . 1198 . 20 December 2019.
  3. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - Edward Scull Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 16 December 2019.