Josiah Scott (politician)
Josiah Scott (December 1, 1803 – June 15, 1879) was a Republican politician in the U.S. State of Ohio who was in the Ohio House of Representatives, and was an Ohio Supreme Court Judge 1856–1872.
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| Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court | |
| In office November 29, 1856 – February 9, 1872 | |
| Appointed by | Salmon P. Chase |
| Preceded by | Rufus P. Ranney |
| Succeeded by | William H. West |
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the Delaware & Crawford Counties district | |
| In office December 7, 1840 – December 5, 1841 Serving with Emer Moore | |
| Preceded by | Andrew H. Patterson |
| Succeeded by | James Griffith, Thomas W. Powell, George W. Sharp |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 1, 1803 Washington County, Pennsylvania, US |
| Died | June 15, 1879 (aged 75) Bucyrus, Ohio, US |
| Resting place | Oakwood Cemetery, Bucyrus |
| Political party | Republican |
| Other political affiliations | Whig |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth McCracken Susan Elizabeth Moffit |
| Children | five |
| Alma mater | Jefferson College |
Josiah Scott was born at Washington County, Pennsylvania, not far from Cannonsburg, where he graduated from Jefferson College (now Washington & Jefferson College) in 1823.[1] He returned to Jefferson College as a tutor from 1827 to 1829.[1] He studied law and in 1830 he moved to Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio, where he practiced law.[2]
In 1840, Scott was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives for the 39th General Assembly as a Whig.[1][3] Presidential elector in 1844 for Clay/Frelinghuysen.[4]
In 1856, Scott was nominated by the Republican Party for Judge of the Ohio Supreme Court, and he defeated incumbent Democrat Rufus P. Ranney and a third party candidate with a plurality of the votes in the General Election.[5] Ranney resigned the seat soon after the election, and Scott was seated late in 1856.[2] He was re-elected in 1861, and again in 1866, but declined re-nomination in 1871.[2]
In 1870, Scott developed a method to construct magic squares.[6]
In 1872, Scott returned to Crawford County, and private practice. In 1876, Governor Hayes appointed him to the Supreme Court Commission of Ohio, and he resigned at the end of a three-year term in 1879.
Scott married Elizabeth McCracken on February 8, 1838. They had five children before she died in 1844. Scott married again May 4, 1846, to Susan Elizabeth Moffit, who had no children and died in 1891.[1] He died June 15, 1879, from kidney disease and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Bucyrus.[1][7]
Notes
- "Josiah Scott". The Supreme Court of Ohio & The Ohio Judicial System. Archived from the original on 2012-03-20.
- Smith 1898 : 66–67
- Ohio 1917 : 271
- Taylor 1899 : 255
- Smith 1898 : 65
- Clark, James (December 1870). "Magic Squares". The Maine Journal of Education. 4: 446–449.
- Supreme Court of Ohio : Supplement 5
References
- Smith, Joseph P, ed. (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. Vol. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company.
- Ohio General Assembly (1917). Manual of legislative practice in the General Assembly. State of Ohio.
- Bell, Clark (1901). "Supreme Court of Ohio". The Medico-legal Journal. 19.
- Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... Vol. 1. State of Ohio. p. 255.